You people think that the answer to the horrible gun problem is MORE GUNS?! That is just insanity!

We have a gun problem. Who doesn’t have a gun problem? England and Australia. We need to look at what they are doing and incorporate BEST PRACTICES.

I absolutely love how readers on this site say, “It’s our right to have a gun!” OK…let’s deconstruct this argument. The founding father agreed it was your right to have a musket in case England invaded. You still want a musket? You got it! They never intended you to own anything more than a musket.

I love how Republicans think the second amendment and the bill of rights is somehow infallible and somehow equal, if not higher, than the bible. Republicans think anything in the bill of rights is infallible, but they forget the part saying black people are 3/5 of a person. Look it up. Is that part infallible? Or are you just cherry picking parts to fit your political agenda? What about Prohibition? That was in the constitution. Was that infallible? I hope not, cause the repeal is also in our constitution!

The common sense approach is model gun laws based on other countries that have low levels of gun violence. Anything else is dangerous, and a threat to the safety of the majority of Americans.

I got a better idea…hear me out…what about it….wait for it….we OUTLAW ASSAULT WEAPONS. You know, since our founding fathers had no idea what these things were. Let’s outlaw guns other than the musket. The musket is what our founding fathers wanted you to have. Not assault weapons. Not nuclear weapons. Not tanks. MUSKETS.

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Kimble has yet to pick up one dirty diaper or a wee wee stained mattress, however the comedy has already begun!
Watching these guys unload the new cans with the wheels falling off and lids that won’t close. Hey Mayor’s office, you might want to get rubbish cans with lids that close so the trash does not blow all over town. Seriously, every other can has a lid that won’t close with a 5 inch gap. We may be the opiate capital of NE Ohio but by golly we know how to clown up the city services!

Why move? I have no problems with how things are being handled in the city. Someone was complaining about the new trash barrels and mine are fine, nothing ruined or broken. Just stating that fact. Your comment makes no sense in reply to mine. I think it is YOU who lives in mommy’s basement all day long and posting on Viewsline. How many of these names here belong to you?

so where’s the Trash Pick Up, Today???? according to the Barberton site…. Republic does not take President’s day off and I spoke with Kimble, they said, they may be delivering their new cans, but their contract for pick up service does not start till March 1st.

hey any near West Siders.. experiencing power flickers and mini power failures? we been having this for over a week now. problem is, most my neighbors work, hard to catch them at home to see if they had any. has there been any power relay station work, being done? I don’t want to call Edison, unless it is a street pole issue..Thanks.

In the Feb. 8 edition of the Herald, Michelle DeShon was so worried about the seniors and the budget cuts to Meals on Wheels that she is blaming on Trump but yet after, I hope, doing more research, she publishes an article in the Feb. 15 edition stating how services won’t be cut. Why not get your facts straight before you publish inaccurate information. I haven’t liked this reporter since she started. Get rid of her.

All of you Trump lemmings are priceless ! How many of his former repub cronies have voted against his whacko ideas?
Outside of pumping up his chest over and increase in min wage & part time jobs what has he done? even his own party voted down his health reform for 6 + months before they all got tired of it and passed some half arse deal. wake up

#1 Passage of tax reform bill providing 5.5 billion in cuts and repealed the Obama care mandate.#2 Increased the GDP above 3%.#3A rebound in economic confidence to a 17yr high.#4New executive order to boost apprenticeships.#5 Prioritized women owned business for some 500 million in SBA loans.#6 Signed executive order demanding that 2 regulations be killed for every new one created.#7Signed 15 congressional regulatory cuts.#8 Withdrew from the Obama era Paris Climate Agreement.#9Signed executive order cutting the time for infrastructure permit.#10 Made good on his campaign promise to withdraw from the trans-pacific partnership.#11Opened up the North American Free Trade Agreement for talks to better the deal for the U.S.#12Worked to promote the sale of U.S. products abroad.#13Made enforcement of U.S. trade laws,especially those that involve national security,a priority.#14Ended Obama’s deal with Cuba.#15 Ended Obama era catch and release of illegal immigrants.#16 Boosted the arrests of illegals inside the U.S.#17Removed 36% more criminal gang members than in fiscal 2016.#18Added some 100 new immigration judges.#19Signed 3 executive orders aimed at cracking down on international criminal organizations .#20Declared a nationwide public health emergency on opioid.#21 Added 500 million to fight this crisis.#22Signed the veterans accountability act.#23 Signed the veterans appeals improvement and modernization act.#24 Signed the VA choice and quality employment act of 2017.#25 Created a VA hotline.#26 Withdrew from the U.N.global compact on migration….And the list goes on but your hatred for him has you in a slumber.Perhaps it is you who is still asleep?

Trump has divided us into “cliques” . Blacks against whites; Democrats against Republicans; Rich against poor; The Bible against science; Gun rights activist against Gun Control activist; US against everyone. Russia assisted the Trump Campaign by weaponizing Facebook, Twitter and other social media to divide and separate the different factions. Trumps nasty tweets are a daily occurrence and almost always spread lies and innuendos to his rabid troll “followers”.

The destruction of fundamental Government Agencies. The EPA, the DOJ, The State Department, The FDA, the DEA, Federal Court Judges, the Treasury Dept., the NRC, the USDA, even recently the FBI. By under staffing, hiring cronies, replacing scientists with politicians who are completely under qualified, he has successfully undermined the original missions of these agencies and how they work for the people in general.

After promising to drain the swamp, Trump Hires swamp monsters Rex Tillerson from Exxon, Steve Mnuchin from Goldman Sachs, Wilbur Ross whose wealth is estimated by Forbes at $2.9 billion, Ben Carson, Trump Butt kisser and a former neurosurgeon, Rick Perry, former governor of Texas with a degree in veterinary Science is in charge of our power grids. Betsy DeVos an AMWAY heiress with no degrees in education at all and no political experience was given Education.

Trump Vacations. Now at a cost to taxpayers of over 100 million dollars, Trump is once again in his Fla Golf Club. Remember when he said “I would not be a president who took vacations. I would not be a president that takes time off.” January 16th, 2017 or “There’s just so much to be done,” Trump told CBS’ 60 Minutes

Racism’s rebirth. Trump called the KKK and American Nazi’s “Good people” during the horror of Charlottesville, Virginia “Unite the right” racist rally. With 3 Dead and 34 Injured after White-Nationalist Rally, Trump first delayed saying anything. Then he defended the racist. Then he read a scripted response and still went off rail in his remarks. NEED MORE ??????

Oh Yah right. It’s Obama’s fault. Let’s forget George W. Bush led us into a war based on false pretenses and resulted in thousands of young Americans dead. You probably don’t care, but I do, cause I was a young American at that time, and had friends serve and come back messed up. But yah…anything for lower taxes on the rich and to “outlaw abortions” and “ban same sex marriage” cause we all know it’s the gays and people having abortions that are keeping the poor poor!!!

Delusional butt hurt liberal!! Debating facts with your opinion.Better get back to your msnbc.Keep pulling that race card.It’s gonna bite you in the arse one day.TRUMP IS YOUR PRESIDENT!!!! That you cannot spin!!!

Trump is an embarrassment to the world. Our long, national nightmare, will finally be over in November of 2020. AMEN.

BTW…What’s the over/under on porn stars who will say they Trump had sex with them and paid them off before 2020? 10? 20? 30?!!

Also, what would Republicans do if it turned out that Obama had sex with numerous Porn Stars and paid them off?! OMG…Their heads would have literally spun around a 360 degree angle before simultaneously exploding all at once!!

Trump is his own man.He’s weeding out the corrupt,both republican and democrat.Why do you think they all sh** their pants when he won.Why do you think they tried so hard to keep him out.They’re CORRUPT!! There is help for your TDS just don’t know if you’ll last through the treatment.

Bron-Brons mom and his teammates play hide the salamion February 17, 2018 at 3:04 am

Hey Lebron.Shut up and dribble!! Fool!!Take your arse to LA where you belong.The land of fruit and nuts!! I don’t mean Lower Akron.You’re an entertainer of mindless sheep who glorify a game.And Trump is your President!!!! In ya face!! Wagagagagaa!!

This viewsline over the time I have been reading the posts since the end of 2016 has been going slowly from blue to red. Or less liberal to more conservative.The silent majority is becoming less silent!!!

In this information age it’s become hard for the corruption to be hidden from us.I can only imagine how much our fathers and grandfather’s were lied to by the so called media.Corruption runs deep on a national,state and yes,a local level.Research is at your fingertips.Dig deep.Use discretion and never let them make fools of the American people ever again.TRUMP2020-I AM A DEPLORABLE!

just because you live in barberton does not mean you have to act like it. all of these immature posts on here have went beyond ridiculous. act your age and use at least some 10th grade grammar for a change

Why should Lebron, who is worth so much than Laura Ingrate or whatever her name is, take his orders from a white women from FIXED NEWS CHANNEL? That’s racist. Telling a black superstar to “shut and dribble?” What, you think Lebron is only good at sports cause he’s black? Hey Laura, “Shut up and stitch..and cook your husband a meal!” That is what Lebron should have said, but he has more class than I do.

Hey Laura, go home, clean the house, stitch, and make your husband a meal! Don’t forget to iron his clothes in the morning!

PS…I’m waiting for the Conservative Element on this page to totally miss my sarcasm and accuse me of hating women in 3…2…1… lol

Hurrah for Barberton, changing trash collectors! Should reduce the amount of Clutter in people’s Yards… who pile it up waiting for “clean out day”.. or can’t afford a ‘ticket”….. Great idea! (btw: when I mentioned audit in a previous post – I was not referring to just Btown – I think all cities across the USA should do a voluntary clean house audit and get rid of wasteful spending so tax money can be used more wisely) Anyway.. Good Move… Hopefully will Encourage folks to start Tidying up around here. 🙂 no more excuses.

hey…Anyone get their Property Tax bill yet? I see they expect payment by Feb 23rd.. but pretty slow on getting them out.. I don’t like to pay online. but I bet sooner or later they will make that mandatory to save on money.

I still have a mortgage so mine comes out of escrow. I never have to worry about that. Be glad you get a bill that you have to pay separately, that means you probably own your home and have no mortgage payment. Congrats!

I got my tax bill. My property was reevaluated and the SCHOOL PORTION ONLY went up $223 and some change a year. That is about 3.8 mills increase they got with reevaluation. If the tax levy is voted in my taxes for JUST THE SCHOOL will increase $494 dollars a year. Does Norton need that much money and a income tax levy to support the school?

so sad to see the Family Dollar at Norton close. was so convenient there at the plaza.. grocery, hardware, post office… and a nice parking lot. Dollar General does not sell many of the same items. the stand alone …Family Dollars, (or GD) make me nervous..prime targets for “hold-ups”… and so many stores closing these days … I worry about those folks who could not afford college … where will they find work? I also think if these Dollar Stores and Mini Marts etc, would get rid of the mini ATM’s… there would be far less, crash and grab and dash crimes, which would keep their insurance rates down and prices as well. It’s just “asking for it”…..having them in the stores. I can’t help but wonder… how much longer our Kmart will be here. I don’t like to order online, increases your chances of getting hacked, I have a lousy mailman who mis-deliverers frequently and then there’s the porch pirates. I would rather go to the store. Anyways, just sad….sign of the times.

Barberton could use a strong police presence.Make it to where dirt bags don’t wanna come in and don’t wanna be here.Max fines and sentences.Increase traffic stops.Become pests for them.You come through Barberton,your gonna get pulled.Make it a place to avoid for criminals.Law and order NOW!!!!

want to see a real disgrace ?? go look at the parking lot of the dollar general store up towards wooster rd & state. looks like a 3rd world country ghetto. the city needs to put the hammer down on this disgusting eye sore !

Lol.I hear that.I told the cashier one day that their parking lot looked like a dumpster.They had it cleaned the next day,but didn’t take long for it to get back to the way it was.A lot of lazy people around.

The only time I was in the family dollar everyone in there looked like they were on their way or coming from the cherry blossom !! So them closing dosent affect me in any way !! One less trash hang out!!

I was only in this store once in my life and it looked like everyone in there was either on their way or just left the cherry blossom! So I figure it’s just one less trash hang out!! So I don’t think it affects me or my family in any way shape or form!!

The more we become like Akron the less likely.We need to sever from our Siamese twin.As for the Brown’s and all sports I personally could care less.Played sports my whole life but I cannot see glorifying any.A fanatical following for that which does not matter.

Google the answer. There is a Wikipedia site that has a list of all the mayors the city has had in history. Looks like Phyllis Taylor from the Library submitted that info. I tried to post the link for you here the other night but apparently the site moderators do not allow it. But, it is out there.

Just wanted to thank street dept. for filling the unavoidable pothole at 16th and Wooster rd. I do see you guys out alot and I appreciate your hard work. I hear you guys on the police radio and know a little more than your average Joe about what you have to deal with. Thanks again!

key question is do these companies even offer unlimited curbside anymore? everyone is assuming they do. and remember that repub is owned by waste management. not a lot of options. your leadership did not act quickly or strongly enough during the poor service period. stronger leadership and the offering of some free bulk item stickers are needed to correct this problem. get a free bulk sticker for every 6 months you pay your city util bill on time. simple. hey city council clowns, steal my idea please

Anybody Else getting tired of the Weather Forecasters “crying wolf” ? Where is our 6-8″ ? They get people all upset and panicky, sheesh. All we ever get is a Fizzle. not just Snowstorms, but in Summer too, Thunderstorms. I think they lost their ability to use intuition, relying on computer patterns and such. The Weathermen of Older days, I think were more accurate. They have so many bright colors on radar now, it “looked like” we were really getting clobbered with snow, but I looked outside, nothing. maybe 1′ on the ground. 3,5,8,19 and 43 only seem to understand the weather by the lake. Does anyone know of a good internet link to a more accurate weather source for Summit County? (I esp. feel sorry for school superintendents, that have to make “a call”, with such false weather predictions. then they get the flack)

I am with you on this. I never take what the news says because of what you said and when the days actually get here then the news had it all wrong and it is always something else, mostly better than expected. You know, they put these forecasts out and people go cancelling their plans because of it and I just go about my days as planned. 9 times out of 10 I am able to do everything I wanted to do and I did not cancel plans because the news said it was going to rain or snow.

You can get some nice apps for your phone. Storm is a good one and it is free. NOAA has one that is reliable. I have also found eWeatherHD to be a very reliable source as well and you have to pay for that. I think it is $2.99 but definitely worth it. That is one that airline pilots use a lot. Weather Underground is also a good one that I would recommend. Don’t just stick with one though, use them all and see what they all say and base your decisions off that. Also you should study the radar and satellite data as well as the surface data maps. There is a lot that goes into this if you want to stray away from the news but you can have much success with it and have reliable sources.

Also, go online. Intellicast is probably the best source of information I have found and they work in conjunction with Storm. They keep up to date and are always on their game. They got good radar, satellite, and surface data there. Weather Underground is also online and weather.com is nice to use as well. They have a nice 15-day layout that seems to always be correct. Take with a grain of salt up to 15 days because a lot can happen but I have found it normally works out to be favorable.

These sources also link up to personal weather stations in the area and there are quite a few in the area. I have one on my property and I love it! I guess you could say I am kind of a weather geek and love collecting data.

By all means STAY AWAY FROM ACCUWEATHER! AccuWeather is by far the WORST! People in my circle call that one InaccurateWeather.

You & Triska need to get a hobby. Maybe you guys can form a weather watch dog group? Heroin over doses, a failing school district and poor city budget spending gets no comment from you guys but the weather prompts
4 paragraphs. No wonder this town needs an enema. While I am here….. here is your forecast : It will be cold with a 50% chance of rain or snow.

Hello fellow Barbertonians!! I am searching for a few old milk bottles from Barberton.Paying high dollar for a Kamenar Dairy,a Grafton Dairy and an Eberhardt Dairy.I also buy other hard to find Barberton bottles.

I believe the “science” of weather is in its infancy stages and is not accurate enough to give accurate weather predictions. I have a weather station, and internet access like you all have and still miss the forecast.

Barberton Herald should do away with this page. Viewsline. it’s just a bunch of bored folks cackling at each other. No Facts, no real Information here. Just makes our town look even worse. I can’t believe now you have, the wall of shame and fame inviting more idiotic commentaries. This is not Journalism. it’s just a Trash-Talk Page. Herald, clean up your act, become a real Newsworthy page of useful Information. Start 2018 on a better foot!

it starts out as a legit topic, bringing a citizen concerns to the table. but then some antagonist comes with insulting one liners to ruffle your feathers and of course you tend to fire back, that’s why I said this place is turning into a 5th grade playground, full of bullies and name callers. ( and we all are guilty of getting pulled down to their “level”. the Herald needs to appoint someone to more closely monitor these posts. These one bullying insults should be Deleted. Posts with name calling should be submitted back to the posted with an edit request or it will not be posted. this page needs a little Censorship, it is giving Barberton a bad look. the Town is already going through hardships, with places closing, empty housing, the homeless, and drug problems running rampant, lack of jobs and more. Barberton and I am sure many other small towns having a tough time, trying to attract new residents and businesses, so they can improve, (and yes I know they do need to do more than that, like a complete city hall audit and get rid of waste $) not going *there*… but what I am saying is, Barberton doesn’t need a Childish Forum on what is supposed to be their News Media Page. Let’s try to keep the name calling and smart remarks off of it. Stick to the topics. State with facts, do research before you post, and behave like Adults, and stop scaring away, anyone who “might” be interested in this Town. this is not a Tabloid. Thank You.

Article???? Sometimes it appears that we’re reaching a period when our senses and our minds will no longer respond to moderate stimulation.We seem to be reaching an age of the gross.Persuasion through speeches and books is too often discarded for disruptive demonstrations aimed at bludgeoning the unconvinced into action.The young,and by this I don’t mean by any stretch of the imagination all the young,but I’m talking about those who claim to speak for the young-at the zenith of physical power and sensitivity overwhelm themselves with drugs and artificial stimulants.Subtlety is lost and fine distinctions based on acute reasoning are carelessly ignored in a headlong jump to a predetermined conclusion.Life is visceral rather than intellectual and the most visceral practitioners of life are those who characterize themselves as intellectuals.Truth is to them revealed rather than logically proved and the principal infatuations of today revolve around the social sciences-those subjects which can accommodate any opinion and about which the most reckless conjecture cannot be discredited.Education is being redefined-at the demand of the uneducated-to suit the ideas of the uneducated.The student now goes to college to proclaim rather than to learn.The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.A spirit of national masochism prevails encouraged by an effete core of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

Triska, don’t condemn a forum simply because some post uninformed replies dripping with a juvenile attitude.
This forum is not about investigative report type videos or statistical breakdowns with pretty pie charts and graphs. I feel this forum is about creating awareness in regards to both good and bad from all 4 corners of the town. Some may not agree with several of my posts, but I can assure you they are astute observations. Even the most die hard blind followers here in town have to stop and think just a wee bit which = “awareness”. Either the glass a.k.a. this forum is either half empty or half full, It’s up to the reader. I too, wish some folks on here would clean up their lame 4th grade antics via the “reply” function. If you don’t agree with an observation, give some real FACTS on why you disagree. Facts = examples, many of the rebuttals are missing facts. I think the Herald has broken away from the “good ole boy” network a little over the past 3-4 years, keep it up Herald!

Trash pickup was supposed to be delayed a day this week because of weather. And the truck just flew down the street because there are no blue trash cans out. Another fine job from the City of Barberton.

From ABJ this morning. Your mayor is now wanting to dig into the city financial coffers by negotiating the purchase of the Magic City pit stop aka the old McDonalds property in order to build a new justice center that will cost 14 million bucks. So we sell the old Portage school property on a prime corner for $1 & one elementary school on state street continues to sit empty. Obviously the city will apply for grants at some point but did leadership miss manage some previous property related dealings ?? When I read about this along with us taking over Norton’s sewer problems, I think the taxpayers should be gravely concerned. WE NEED TO START CRUNCHING FINANCIAL DATA 3-4 TIMES BEFORE WE ENGAGE IN OR FINALIZE THESE TYPE OF DEALINGS. How about we focus on collecting the hundreds of thousands of dollars owed to the courts via fines before we move them? FYI… YOUR CITY COUNCIL GAVE MR. JUDGE THE GREEN LIGHT ON THIS LATEST FINANCIAL POT HOLE . Just another bypassing of the local taxpayer at work via city council.

Seems like the truth and financial FACTS turn you blind faith followers into 4th graders when it comes to posting adult replies and or rebuttal’s. Telling us to move and using bar room language = LMAO

A few years back the 2nd largest city in summit co Cuy Falls dumped their municipal court and went to a mayor’s court. They opted to do this due to solid number crunching. Now their court system shows a profit. Stow who opted to pick up this muni court has been losing money ever since. This is something we should be looking at instead of being financially responsible for what ever portion of the 14 million is not covered by grants. Maybe we should know how much of the 14 mil is our responsibility before we go any further ??
Hint : answer is “yes”.

Sewers and Muni courts are not money maker’s, but spending money and getting press in the papers is big publicity for the local hierarchy. We need jobs and retail development. We do not need to build a taj mahal for the sentencing of heroin addicts and traffic offenders.

Not too many kids playing outside past couple days moron. You should move from the area. Go down south where it is warm. Oh wait, Carolinas got crushed with 32 degree weather and 2 inches of snow and the whole state shut down! Move now and go complain about those conditions. Make yourself look goofy some more.

School should only be Canceled if: either a water main breaks, no heat or the roads are too dangerous for buses to travel …( ice). Just look outside on a “snow day”…..no matter for what reason, the Kids will be Outside playing…. ..if they can enjoy outside, they can Go to School! Grown-ups have to go to work! We don’t get snow days…and many adults have to walk to work, these days, too.

I see it took a fox 8 news story in order for the numerous taxpayers here in town to get some action in regards to the 2 weeks worth of trash that has been piling up. Glad all of our leaders where on the ball * insert big chuck & lil john laugh here * Another microcosm of what is wrong with local leadership = no sense of urgency.

Why wouldn’t you just do what I do take your trash to a friend’s house until they resolve the issue instead of complaining !! I would never leave trash on my curb for 2 days let alone 2 weeks I would just handle it and I would no way think that it’s the city’s problem! can anybody in this town stand on their own two feet!!

I live in the same area and that’s how I handle it !! Just like I handle any problem on my own with nobody’s else’s help that’s what’s wrong with this city they can’t survive without pointing the finger!!

You are the only one complaining it seems. Posting under several different names and talking to yourself could be signs of a social disease. You might need some anger management classes, or, better yet, get out of the house once in a while. Go contribute to the community or something.

we should start posting pot hole locations, so the city can start spot filling, esp. if it is in a potential accident area situation. Today I would like to report a nice pot hole at the stop sign at Auburn and 31st. cars are stopping ..straddling the center to avoid the hole, thus making cars turning onto Auburn having to make a wide turn to avoid a fender bender. please fill. Thanks! (i.e. if the city doesn’t know about it, they won’t be fixing it and the City can’t be held responsible if they are not aware of a potential car damaging pot hole = their legal defense) so if you see a nasty “pot hole,” …. Make it Known!

That is a great idea. I believe you can do that on the city web site. Although you should not say too much that is critical of the city on here because people (trolls) around here will just tell you to move or something. I guess that is the answer to everything??? I don’t know. Just gathering that from the comments here of late.

lol..the problem with the “MOVE” comment, is that, houses do Not sell in Barberton, because of the closed businesses, poor roads, flooding, homeless, drugs, empty houses, slumlords and pollution. (Summit County is #1 in OHIO for opiod OD and I bet we’re right up there in the ranks) No One wants to Live here. (in about every 3rd house, lives an xcon, and you can look that up!) so if their answer is “Move”… then, they can come and Buy my House at its’ Property Tax Appraisal and I will gladly Move! Right now with all the vacant houses and foreclosures, lowering values, I’d be lucky to get half that, and that is, even IF I had an interested buyer. Obviously, that “Move” commentary individual has an unrealistic view of our economy and our neighborhoods, sitting with a beer in their hand, unemployed, bored and only knows how to spell one word… M-O-V-E.

After writing subcontractor checks over the past couple of years nearing a million dollars, the main roads are in good shape. Obviously a few side streets still need work. I would call the mayor’s office or your council rep and report the problem [s].

I love reading some of the local union parasite comments on here. They feed off the hard working taxpayers around here but they NEVER say THANK YOU to the hard working citizens who really pay their fat cat salaries. If I was one of these blow holes, I would be a bit more grateful to those who fund your paychecks. I also like how they repeatedly “hide” and deny they work for the union. After they get held accountable for poor work ethic, they proudly pump up their union cards and use negative language on this forum. All very pathetic but yet expected. To those of you who work a real job without premium health benefits, endless polar pop breaks and 8 weeks PTO every year, I would like to say HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND GOD BLESS.

I heard their building a 8ft by 8ft building with 3 chairs so the 3 taxpayers who always like to complain about the city’s work ethics can meet every Monday and discuss what their gonna bitch about next!!

Just saw on fox 8 news Republic services in Barberton not picking up
trash for 2 weeks!!! In the 16th st nw area, the whole street! According to them the contract is up in a few weeks. We as citizens should demand more bang for our Buck!! And help us clean up our city without having to buy RIP-OFF tickets to get rid of stuff our old trash service took for no extra Charge! I have heard of nearby cities having better service for less than we pay now, but have never actually seen proof of it.

I hope all the people complaining about the snow removal ran out after the snow melted and traded their vehicles in for a 4×4. because it’s snowing again and I’m sure I’m not the only one that dosent want to here the complaining again!! HAPPY HOLIDAYS YOU UNGRATEFUL TAX PAYERS!!

Like he really cares? Come on! He is a parasite leaching off the system and probably “dosent” have a job, which is why he is on here posting non stop every day even after he got schooled. He cannot stand that so he is fishing for attention.

Embrace your sister city! They were nice enough to let us take over all of their water and sewer needs. Now that is truly neighborly! The financial windfall to the Barberton financial coffers should be here any day now !

Am I the only one who is appalled, rather than charmed, by the atrocious spelling demonstrated in the majority of children’s letters written to “Santa” for publication? Why are their parents or teachers not making this a learning experience, helping with grammar and content, showing the kids how to spell the items on their wish lists correctly? And why is the Herald supporting this exercise in illiteracy? Now we know the real reason for coal in the stockings: neither jolly Saint Nick nor his helpers can decipher what the little rugrats are requesting.

Excellent post ! We have a voter base that continues to reward a state verified failing school district. The building blocks for any child k-3rd is rated an F by the state. Your graduation rate is 7 out of 10 kids. Your district does the state minimum on all scholastic levels and the older students are given 1/2 days off on Fridays. So what real job or life skills are the kids learning around here ? In real life mediocrity and doing the minimum does not feed the bulldog. This district needs to add welfare, ssd and food stamp applications to the curriculum. They are doing nothing to help break the cycle of living off the state & fed government.

I love Barberton, but rejecting medical marijuana, the street dep. Issues, and changing the name of the Christmas walk are all the same types of things that bring a person to vote outside the box as seen with the last presidential election! Just move or stop complaining and pay your taxes no matter how they are used and taking for granted the school levies will always pass , I believe could have the same result in our great city!!!

I’m scrolling around through comments here and I would have to agree with those folks who are saying that the city is doing an unacceptable job on the roads. They seem to be very poor at both Fall and Winter cleanups around town every single year. There is nothing wrong at all with demanding better work out of your city services when you are a taxpayer in town. Those of you on here who are making negative comments towards people like I am seeing here are most likely city workers defending their terrible work, or maybe people who are already retired, unemployed, or don’t work at all for some reason and they spend all day online making comments and not getting out of the house to know what is really happening. I’ve lived here many years and I can tell you that it was not like this many years ago. The city services were always on top of things and took care of the streets and plowed them when they needed to be. No one had to wait 2 or 3 days for their roads to get done. It has only been in the last 10-15 years that this service has fallen apart around here and they need to step it up.

Before I comment no I don’t work for the city !! All the comments about how the city did a better job 15 yrs ago I’d like to say budgets were different then and nobody wined as much as today so if the city cleared all the streets and worked a ton of man hours the people who are bitching about snow removal will be bitching about going over budget! So it’s a no win situation.

You PERS supporter’s really need to put more thought into your remedial excuses and responses. Let’s say we have an avg winter, not like the last 2 cupcake years. Winter for the most part encompasses a 12 week period. A modest figure of 2 O.T. shifts needed per week on avg X 12 weeks = 24 O.T. shifts. So the city budget is paper thin and we cannot afford that expense ?

We seem to have plenty of dollars for the writing of 6 figure checks for street repairs and money to pay O.T. for city festivals and events during the warmer months. Not all taxpayers are mathematically challenged. Making excuses for sub par performance in any job field can become like a disease. Warm up is on the way so rejoice and Happy Holidays !! Many more snowed in weekends yet to come !

Out of thousands of taxpayers in barberton there is just a few on here who like to complain!! Just pay your taxes like everyone else and move on with life !! And I’m sure eventually you can find something else to complain about it must be your nature!!

Lets use and or apply your philosophy of “just pay it like everyone else and move on with your life”

1] don’t shop for a better interest rate, just pay 25%
2] don’t look for the best doctor, just go to the closest one
3] my kid has a drug problem. it’s ok, so does my neighbor
4] don’t expect your local city services to be professionally done. Just give them pay raises

WELL, our roads are STILL not plowed after two days up here on the north end of Barberton. I really do not know how they expect people to get anywhere. They really need to re-evaluate how our tax dollars are getting spent.

You have no clue what I am driving. You only assume like you assumed everything else here. What I drive was never stated. All I said is they need to get their asses in gear and plow. Fact is, you do not even know who I am.

I’m beginning to think you don’t drive at all you just like to bitch!! And you want the road plowed so you can get to the bus stop!! You see I was raised not to depend on any one snow leaves a broken vehicle or a house problem !

3-Ring Circuson December 15, 2017 at 9:19 am

Umm, you know SPD just schooled you here on that note. Hook, line, and sinker, you posted the last word. Don’t look now, but your stupidity is showing. You might want to cover that up before it gets too out of control.

3 d citruson December 15, 2017 at 12:00 pm

Never stuck is correct here. Adjust to your surroundings. Complain, complain, complain. Always someone else fault. unless you live on a busy main well traveled road, you are going to have to wait. There are 13,000 streets in Barberton and the Crisman Park area is not well traveled.

Barberton does a admirable job during the work week 8-5. Where they fail horribly is over night and weekends. This was not always the case 10 years ago, they did a nice job back in the day. So without bickering or too much debate, it comes down to one simple question. Is the city offering snow removal OT for nights and weekends or are the workers refusing the OT which is not mandatory due to union rules ? Don’t have to tell ya which way I am leaning on this one. Winter’s stink anyway, all par for the course. Happy Holidays !

Pretty obvious we need to spend money on more snow plows in the city. By the looks of it, we do not have enough to handle the load. My whole neighborhood and surrounding streets have not been touched at all.

I pay taxes and expect better than the subpar performance this city puts out during Fall and Winter cleanups. Apparently you don’t care or you don’t pay taxes, one or the other. I would prefer my tax dollars work harder than they do around here.

Well, if it is, they better get someone who knows what they are doing. Have you seen a plow in two days in that area? I’m on the north end and two days and the roads are covered in snow! I don’t know how they expect people to get to work! Someone needs to get off their ass and make something happen around there! Last I saw they are accepting applications until January 8th so we need action!

All I know is if a woman who’s name starts with the letter J is appointed it would not be a surprise. But what I hear is all hearsay until the appointment so please do not start with rumours and the like. I encourage all in 4 to apply, voice opinions on your representation, and be heard.

REALLY GETTING TIRED OF NORTON GIRL’S BASKETBALL TEAM GETTING TOP BILLING IN YOUR NEWSPAPER….REMEMBER THIS IS CALLED THE BARBERTON HERALD NOT THE NORTON HERALD….OUR LADY MAGICS BASKETBALL TEAM HAD A GREAT WIN LAST NIGHT BEATING COPLEY AND YOU FAILED TO REPORT IT…..NOT GOOD!!!!!!!

Holy Cow.. talk about Chlorine overload, YUCK….might as well drink from a Swimming pool! the Bathtub was nauseous! just WHAT is it, the Water Dept is trying to get rid of… in the water supply? the City should reimburse me for the Bottled water, I have to go buy. I think we need a neutral Party to come out and do a thorough investigation, and report what they found in our water.. aka in Plain English, not that techno babble… are there harmful Chemicals? Drugs? or way too much Rust and Lead in our supply? “Something” set off alarm bells at the Plant, that issued an Alert, that excessive Chlorine and who knows what else, needed to be dumped into the water supply!

I hope someday that a simp like you can get your very own sect 8 neighbor when the good folks you chastise do indeed move out. Be careful for what you wish for! Bet you cried and took your ball home a lot as a kid when playing with others.

I almost believe you but a real sect 8 person could care less who moves or stays. It’s the PERS employee’s who have the 4th grade mentality of “move” if you don’t like it. I will move when my property value goes up. According to all of the dolts who keep voting in favor of school tax levies, a school district with a high tax base = increase in prop value. Some how, I don’t believe the prop values will rise anytime soon 🙁 But look at the bright side, our high school graduation rate is 7 out of every 10 kids and our k-3rd literacy is an F. Good times down on Norton Ave !

Amen brother ! I drive by them all the time and they are looking down at a cell phone or laptop when parked.
Complete joke! We need more neighborhood patrolling and less sitting at empty corners. We have alot of drug mules toting packages around here both on foot and little motorized bicycles. Look for the back packs and the same people you see everyday going up & down the roads 10-12 times a day.

My child is grown and on her own. I am very proud of her. I never took it as the school was to be the only one to teach my child. I had to have a part as a parent. during the time as my child and yours was going to school more then just us was paying taxes. Now. It’s our turn. Not satisfied with what the school teaches? be apart. you don’t have to have kids in school to reach out and help. I was in the army during all of her school time. BUT I made it appoint to know and help every chance I had. I knew the teachers the staff, I even knew the janitor. so stop blaming the schools. We did this by not being apart of the system. coming from a family of 17. My dad would burn any books we brought home. with a child of my own. I made a difference. a small one but I was involved. a proud daddy.

Let’s apply some of Paul’s “unique” logic to other jobs and or services. Server at the restaurant brings you over cooked and cold food, so we should go to the kitchen and re-make it ourselves and leave a tip with the check ? Cable company screws up your bill, so we should drive to Wadsworth and show them their mistake and make the correction ourselves?
Auto mechanic forgets to put oil in the engine when changing the oil, so we should have checked the dipstick before we left? Since we did not, we tell him it’s ok and we will pay out of pocket for a new engine. Correcting or turning a blind eye to other’s short comings in the work place does not make you part of an army or “involved”, it makes you a gullible patsy! Are you this flexible on a daily basis with other professions & services Paul? Hypocrisy is disease!

I agree with paul . alot of parents don’t get involved in their children’s education they rely on the school . I am a parent also with two very smart kids grown and college grads. And my wife and I were very much involved. Always remember it all starts at home . School is not a daytime baby sitter!!

I have no kids in school or grandkids. I could care less about football, soccer or whatever. I am on limited income, and do not think I should have to support the schools, since they changed the curriculum, our young adults are dumber than ever! They do not know how to measure, make change etc unless a google shows them how. They have any of the social skill they need to get along in society. It’s be in a “Click” just because it’s “cool”, ( even if they do wrong) Bully others, to make themselves feel superior, or go shoot or stab people, they don’t agree with instead of discussion and compromise. The world is doomed with this fantasy play, uneducated generation. Instead of looking something up, let Alexa or Siri, do it for you. I have dumped enough of my hard earned pay into the schools, and all they want is to have a fancy looking school building, but not really teach the kids. I just want to be able to buy food and pay my bills. sorry, but Not everyone is a “Soccermom!”

Do you even have a clue to why some folks have a limited income ? Let me educate you. Hospital bills, med co pays & medication, loss of a job due to biz closing, at or approaching soc security age, home repairs needed, helping a family member with bills or student loans, etc…. get the pic ? Not everyone has a perfect financial situation. Not everyone has a job making 40K + per yr. Do not judge someone simply because $25 -$50 per month is important to them. Why do those who oppose the school levies simply want more on the job accountability from the schools and those who support the schools seems to be so snotty when in reality we are all living in the same drug riddled & property value plummeting zip code ?
Don’t despise your neighbor because they do not support a district on a state verified meteoric decline !

Go check the property values of 5 random addresses in any Barberton neighborhood. You can do this for free on the Summit Co webpage. 3 out of 4 properties in this town are worth less today than 10 years ago. The school district has done zero for the homeowners ! You are obtuse enough to believe that the zip code with over 25% of the county opiate reports has rising property values? I hope you don’t operate motor vehicles ! Scaaarry

Blame the slumlords for the levy passing. And all of the young adults who still live with mommy and daddy. Glad to see Sawyers win. He was the only one against the crooked Summa Hospital taking the park from our youth.

Do you think the end result would be the same if it were not a renewal? I think alot of Barberton homeowners figured it’s not gonna cost me anymore than I’m already paying, it’s not worth the hassle ! What if it was a actual levy? Maybe not such a hassle!!!

So, what, are you an expert on everything or something? Post some proof that it would have passed if they were asking for more. Do you have an insight on everyones financial situation? I personally think you are wrong. People are tired of being taxed more and that is a fact! Look how bad the one in Norton failed for example.

I am afraid stu the pew and greg are right. If you take in account all of the rental & sect 8 parents then multiple them by their friends and family you have a large number that could show up to vote. Add in all of the gravy train riding teachers & admin working for the district along with their friends and families you have another large number. Proud homeowners who have worked hard for decades and live by modest means are clearly the minority in this town. They could pass a levy here every month. Patti Cleary once said that 70% of the district enrollment was on the free / reduced lunch program = parents paying no taxes. Landlords won’t raise rent because the slumlords don’t need the $ that badly. It will never end. I owe Chase bank 4 more years then I am gone. I will kick back and laugh when this town has a zero tax base by 2025 and the state takes over the finances.

Barberton called the magic city from the years of industialization, is still the magic city because it comes alive like magic the 1st week of every month! I have neighbors that tell me they would be worse off working a job and losing their government entitlements! Every morning I drive past closed or shut down factories on my commute out of the city to work thinking of all the great potential that is still here. I believe Barberton will be the old magic city again but for positive reasons!!

GET OUT & VOTE TODAY ! Please be sure the read the language in regards to the two state issues. Both have been broad stroked to the voters, be very careful. VOTE NO on the school levy. Bottom line I have no issues when it comes to helping the youth here in town. I have voted in favor of multiple levies in the past. But ask yourself, has your district performed in a positive manner as viewed by the state via the 3 year performance index? That answer is NO.

A “NO” vote simply means that you are sending a message to the district that a sub par performance is not acceptable. A “NO” vote will not take away their computers or shut off the utilities. Teachers will not quit and the school admin will not resign. You are simply sending a message of “improvement is needed”. What kind of message does rewarding mediocre performance send to the kids when it comes to real life skills they will need as adults ?

I was down on “Bebe” after reading some stuff here about some alleged decision making issues from his past. Then I thought, has anyone other than Lysenko asked or inquired about how the cities “daily business” is being conducted and could things been done differently or more soundly? THE ANSWER IS NO. Why keep voting for a bunch of “yes”
council reps? “Bebe” you got my vote this morning ! No one is perfect although we have bunch of holier than thou types on here that throw some big stones. Think you might surprise a few folks. Keep your promises. Good Luck !

This is from my posts from last Friday on Facebook. I attended the opening ribbon cutting of The Makery with the Mayor this evening at the invitation of the owners. A few months back I learned that the owners were having trouble getting natural gas service for their new business. I immediately contacted Mayor Zita and asked him to look into their problem. He did so right away as he does with all requests from constituents. He gave the owners the good news that natural gas was indeed available and since then it has been installed. I think this business is a good addition to our city and will be there for years to come. Thanks again for the Mayor’s quick action.

Another Fall and another year where Barberton starts the leaf pickups WAY too early. Started October 24th. They need to think about bumping that up about 3 weeks. Leaves really do not start coming down in bunches until about early November.

Now if they come back to Ward 4 where they started, it may not be until mid-December and hopefully we have not had snow or else the plows will push leaf piles all down the road and back into yards. If you recall, last year was really cutting it close on time. Other years, not so fortunate.

Best idea is to mulch the leaves up with your mower and forget raking! That is what I started doing a couple years ago.

Fact: Residents can only put the leaves out for pick up after they fall. Solution: Your service director only needs to drive thru the town very quickly to verify that the leaves have begun to fall. Employee’s are already on the payroll, just assign them to leaf duty shortly after the leaves fall. WHY STICK TO A SET SCHEDULE ? City planning around here is robotic at best. No pride in making sure a job is both planned and performed at a top level. Are we flipping burgers around here or do the taxpayers deserve better ?

I’ll buy you a beer to come out of your mom’s basement and discuss issues rather than use third grade character assassination. This city hasn’t progressed in forty years. You should be applauding people that would like to get involved and see it improve. Grow up.

It’s time for a Whooooo! Can i get two claps and a whoooo! You askin for a change? We dont need no change. All these losing council people talking trash and running in circles. Whoooooo! B-Town has never been better. Whoooooo! Stylin and profylin! Whooooo!

You guys are too much 🙂 Poor Bebe being dragged thru the Tragic City political mud. If the alleged DUI incidents are actually true that would be a question mark that should have been answered. Think he might be best suited to serve his community by attending meetings as a citizen. Say what you will, he has done his homework. He needs more time to help create distance from the mistakes made as a youth. So all of you bebe basher’s must have flunked out of the priesthood,? Takes guts to run for rep.

Why? He is running on his previous ten year platform, which has accomplished nothing. Time to get the Democratic “good old boys club” out of there. I choose to vote a new direction for one of the seats . Vote Thomas”Bebe” Heitic if you want increased transparency. He is fiscally responsible. He has a degree in economics. He will propose cut the budget and unnecessary spending.

Since were on the subject of high morals and high character. Soyars should have recused himself from voting for the school levy since he was employed there. Or how about not questioning giving Canfora 100k over a five year deal for a lease that should have been free. After all that is that is the same person Bill Judge called out for not paying and stiffing the city. How about not filing the proper paperwork with the board of elections, in reference to his campaign finance report. Last one filed was 2013. That’s real decision making there. No thank you.

Is this sour grapes because the Governor appointed his Honor , Todd McKenney and Stevenson to two different benches over you? Or is it due to you loosing to Elizabeth Walters? Just wondering why you are in Barberton Politics if you live in Coventry? Have a nice day!
Go Thomas”Bebe ” Heitic!! Real change!

c’mon…Hetic hasn’t done anything constructive in the city (except strain police forces and put peoples lives in danger with his DUIs), so what makes him worthy of being on council? There is a solid, positive pair on council now, Soyars and Debevec. Never seen a lackey work so hard for a non-achiever.

Gentlemen, let’s stay civil here. Mr. Parker, if you’d like to hear my ideas for the city, my email is bebeheitic@gmail.com I would love to correspond with you over thoughts and concerns regarding Barberton. There are a few issues I believe need addressed and have not seen over the years. Plus new ideas that are worthy of discussion and actions. I believe people can trust in their concerns with me, and if elected I will do my damnedest to make sure their voices are heard. If not, then I would say like anyone else vote me out if ineffective. If I do not win a seat, I as a citizen will still bring these things to attention and would work hand in hand with the incumbents to advance our fine city!

He helps those throughout the city, helps kids in the town and is a positive voice for the safety of the city. How does the city waste money? It seems like you’re sooo smart, you must attend all of the committee and council meetings, NOT. Your lackey from ward one votes with everyone else on council but you don’t put her in that same category.

Did you think Bush was disqualified because of prior DUI’s when you voted for him? The whole argument is ridiculous. The voters will vote on Soyars current record , not Bebe’s past record. Seems strange that a Republican such as yourself would rally behind Democrats.

Way less than this current council and Mayor throw away. It’s easy to hide behind a keyboard, probably in your moms basement drinking the toxic Democratic cool-aid this city has been exposed to for too long.

I have been pleasantly surprised by the way our new Middle School principal, Mr. Andric, has been handling the bullying issues at the school. Things have been handled swiftly and I am seeing consistent measures being put in place. Parents are also being contacted when their students are brought into the office and been involved in a bullying issue, whether they are the victim or a witness. I am sensing a NO Tolerance policy at the school. Thank you to Mr. Andric and his administrators

In regards to the racially related “Top Story” in the Herald. How does anyone know who perpetrated his act ? They could have been white, black, purple, etc. Could be a simple ruse or prank. Until you know who or whom perpetrated this act it is merely an over publicized story about vandalism, nothing else. As a community we do not need to fuel race baiting and this story should have never got past the police report section. This town is so racially mixed on so many levels I find anything derogatory in regards to “race” around here to be laughable. The Herald should have used a little better decorum when looking to publish this information. The Pierson piece a couple of weeks ago was done in suspect taste as well, public record or not. You know what they say about big stones and glass houses. We have all had a bad moment.

I am disappointed for a real reason. Our education system in the United States is mediocre at best, Less than half rate when compared to the educations of the world. Out of 65 countries who rate their education systems we rank in the middle. But we pay the most for education in the world. Go to a hospital, see the good DR jobs, most you cant say their last or first name because they are not American. When our children graduate from high school and attend college they are forced to take remedial classes because they did not get the education needed to attend a college.

We have so many people wanting to be teachers and no jobs for them, yet our school boards say we have to pay a great wage to keep the teachers. When you put out a call for teachers and you get 250 applicants per job there is no reason to pay more money. Supply and demand. To get a fresh, educated and certified teacher is not a bad thing. When talking to the lobbying group for the teachers, school board members who are ex teachers or people who have family members working in the school system they want us to think new teachers cant teach. They are certified by the state and can teach.

If you are a teacher, an ex teacher, or have family members who are teachers you are not a good school board member, you are a lobbying for the teachers union.

Look up World Health Organization’s Ranking of Health Care by Country in google.

The USA is ranked 37! COSTA RICA is ahead of the US!!! Our healthcare system is half rate. It is mediocre at best.
Using your logic, let’s totally stop any money that goes to healthcare since I am DISAPPOINTED that the US is ranked 37!!! There’s tons of new med school graduates, and future business leaders that could easily fix the system! Let’s defund healthcare and fire all the doctors, and those who work in healthcare because we are ranked 37, and because there are cheaper, younger, graduates we can hire to take their place. Then we can fire these new graduates that we hire in 3 years and replace them with cheaper younger graduates!

Your response is spoken like a true lobbyist for the teachers union. How about if we quit electing lobbyist’s to be school board members. Vote in people who want to make our school systems better instead of giving administrators and teachers raises. Throwing money at this problem does not work. We are living truth. Hire teachers who can teach, statistics show we are doing a mediocre job at this.

If I ever hired a health care person and he or she did not do the job I would let them go and find one who will do what is expected of them. I have fired doctors who I did not feel they were doing the job, we need to do this with incompetent people in our schools also.

Teachers get number 1 pay in the world for education, how about us getting them to do a number one job? We are paying for it.

FINALLY….. another person who believes that pay raises, benefits and pensions should come with on the job accountability! IN THE REAL WORLD you have to produce or you are are terminated. This levy is not about unions, taxes, homeowners, kids, etc. It is about the open checkbook mentality and the entitlement that the district has grown to expect from a struggling tax base. I voted “yes” multiple times in the past because the district was in full decay, the taxpayer wallets have more than remedied that problem. Tired of the bogus excuses : Lil Johnny has a poor home environment, state grading system is unfair, the next district over is failing, so why can’t we ?? Excuses are the tools of incompetence. It is easier to find an excuse than a solution.

VOTE NO IN NOVEMBER and send a simple message. Improve your on the job performance or no more “extra” perks. A NO VOTE will truly help the kids.

Using your logic we should dictate the pay of doctors’ on how healthy their patients are. I mean if doctors’ have overweight and unhealthy patients they clearly aren’t doing a good job, right? It’s about accountability! Isn’t it? Or is it only about accountability when it comes to teachers?

Lobbyist for a teacher union? That’s laughable. I am merely pointing out a double standard in your line of thinking. By the way, where is your outrage on the police and fire unions? People love picking on teachers, because it is easy. These same people who cry about the union never talk about the police union or the fire union. They don’t care about accountability, they merely have a grudge against public education. One last point on the issue, if you care about accountability so much than why are 99% of private charter schools, that taxpayers fund, failing?

It is simple. If you want high property values, then vote yes on a renewal that will cost you $0 more in taxes. If you want to defund education, and have subpar schools and home values, than by all means vote no on the renewal.

When I doctor fails to heal me as I expect, I fire said doctor and get another one. I am not able to fire a school teacher if said teacher failed to educate a child. The school board has the job of running the school system. They hire administrators to perform this task. Our school system is failing us and we have administrators and a few school board members who think the answer is to throw more money at the problem. That does not work, we have proven that, paying the highest in the world to educate and ranking 50%.

Raise our taxes, provide a half rate education is not the way to raise the value of your home. If you want to raise housing value, cancel open enrollment, force the people who live out side the district to purchase homes in Norton’s school district. We would need approximately 300 houses to house the 600+ children and parents. This would bring about $10 million in income into Norton. With the housing shortage and all that money, our values would increase. Your formula to raise housing value only gives teachers and administrators more money. I have not noticed housing values rising in our area.

As a life long resident of Barberton and a product of the great education I received from this district, I am greatly saddened that our OWN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER doesn’t seem to support their own district!

Let’s be honest the only reason that you published the salaries of city and school employees was to stir the pot….sell more papers…NOT because of your journalistic integrity to “keep the community informed.”

Here is what you didn’t include with your wages:
1. Typically, the amount of education you have correlates with the amount of income you make.
2. You too could have pursued higher education opportunities which would have allowed you to make better wages.
3. Educators have to pay for all continuing education out of their own pocket. To keep their license current they have to get 6 graduate hours every 5 years for their entire career. Unlike other careers where you are compensated for going back to school.
4. There are great things going on in the Barberton City School District! I see it everyday with the opportunities that are afforded to my nephews and niece.

I realize that the state report card is disheartening. But if people truly took the time to educate themselves on the changes that are made every year, they would understand that the state is consistently comparing apples to oranges to grapes to etc. Instead of apples to apples to apples. When the state finally allows that to happen you will see a significant change in the state report cards.

PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO VISIT OUR SCHOOLS AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORK HARD EVERYDAY TO TRY TO EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN BEFORE YOU MAKE AN UNFAIR JUDGEMENT!

Let’s be honest, Barberton Herald only cares about one thing: The Barberton Herald. The Barberton Herald is in the business of selling more newspapers. It would be dumb of them not to publish faux juicy and faux salacious stories of those “fat cat government employees” living lifestyles of the rich and famous! Sometimes the Barberton Herald tries to be the National Enquirer, but ends up more like World Weekly News.

That said, voting yes for the school levy is a no brainer. It’s NOT a tax increase. It will cost the tax payer exactly $0. Good Schools = Good Communities.

….and also a no brainer….. if you vote NO…your property Taxes will go Down! because the Tax will not renew. with cost of living going UP and paychecks going down…due to medical insurance hikes and all… folks could use a cut rate. I also felt that…Folks who have children in School should pay the School Levies anyways, if you have no school age children, or home school, then that fee is not included in your Property Tax bill. or start just making all Schools… Tuition Entry? and Pay to Play. I am sure they could find Organizations to help those who are of Low Income. it’s an Unfair system.

You are correct that if you vote no your property taxes will go down, but it will go down something like $50 a year. What is more important? Keeping your property values high and having quality schools or saving $50 a year? You will lose thousands if you vote not on the levy.

Don’t quit your day job ! Anyone with an ounce of homeowner / taxpayer sense knows that the property values have sunk for most while very few have stayed the same. Our taxes have nearly doubled in 15 years, all fact! Go to your county tax record, it is all there for a remedial mathematical review. Really getting tired of you school district cronies making excuses and giving out miss information. Know anyone who owns a home in Wadsworth ? Their property values continue to rise and they have had only 1 school levy in 10 + years. Why is that ??? Better budgeting would be a strong guess. Your propaganda of schools increasing homeowner value is as mythical as finding a big foot out on Barber Raod.

The Herald has posted salaries numerous times over the years. All public record. You are fortunate that the Herald does not publish the district budget report, top shelf health care coverage costs and pension amounts. Those figures are staggering! I believe over 80% of the district budget goes to the employee’s. Always wondered how that 80% could coincide with the b.s. mantra ” it’s for the kids”. You think that teaching is the only profession that requires both a time and financial investment ??????? You are truly living in the clouds ! The “entitlement” spewing from your post literally jumps off of the screen. People like you are too obtuse to realize that your bias rants only hurt your own cause. People know greedy and cocky when they read it ! VOTE NO IN NOVEMBER ON 28. STOP THE ENTITLEMENT !! TIME TO GO TO WORK AND STOP WORRY ABOUT EXTRA PERKS !!

They skip anyone else? This trash company has got to go. Bad business, bad customer service, and bad prices! City once again is hosed in a contract.
Advisory: Bulk trash pickup Oct 16-18. Can set up to 1 bulk item and 3 lg. bags or cans on curb.

Dear Nixle User,
City of Barberton
Fall Bulk Pickup Program

The City of Barberton’s Fall Bulk Pickup Program will be held October 16-18. Residents who are part of the City’s curb side program are eligible to participate in the clean-up. In addition to normal trash pickup, residents may place one (1) bulk item and up to three (3) trash bags (no larger than 30 gallon) or three (3) trash cans at the curb on their REGULAR scheduled pick up day during this week.

Items MUST be on the curb NO LATER than 7am on the scheduled collection day. There will be a separate truck used for this program and it will only make one pass through each area. Any items on the curb in excess of the allowable amount will require adequate stickers.

Unaccepted items include tires, electronic waste (such as computers), construction material and debris, chemicals, and any kind of hazardous waste, refrigerators, and air conditioners. Whole house clean outs or court evictions will not be accepted. TV’s are considered an accepted bulk item. For additional information, visit our website at http://www.cityofbarberton.com

I do not usually complain , but this has been a pattern of theirs and seems like this administration could care less along with a few on council who I will not name. I had to call another wards council member due to mine being non-responsive. Sad. When I run for Ward3 , I promise the people will get the representation they need. Time to hold the officials accountable.

Too bad I live in ward 4 or I could vote for you. I used to be in 2 but they changed our boundary a couple years ago and my house landed in 4 after that. I can walk to the next block down and be in 2, like 6 houses down!

NO, the issue’s with the Easton Rd speeding had not been addressed. The reduced speed limit to 25 was a brief moment by means of the sign being attached to the portable speed checker which does absolutely no good what so ever! The “road closed”, really, to who and where? The construction did not slow down the traffic one bit. In fact the road closed signs were being ignored completely and the people just drove around them! Now that the road is about complete there absolutely no doubt it will be the best racetrack in Norton!

Most of the people complaining about speeding,the dust,and all the bumpy roads and the construction project around Easton rd are the same people who wanted city water and sewer now that it’s being installed we have a group of cry babies! Now you have to deal with it.well water and septic has worked for generations.

You are correct WELL WATER & SEPTIC does work and is far less expensive than this project that was forced upon these residents. There is NO CITY WATER that is included in this project at the ridiculous rates that will be charged to the Nash residents, and WILL include interest on top of the $11,200 if not paid in CASH! Please do not forget the additional cost to make the changes within your home to even be able to connect. Oh, and the additional fees for the actual connection and plumbing outside to connect at the road! The speeding is definitely a problem, always has been and continues. I am sure we can get video feed from those residents on Easton with the security cameras to prove this!

Who changed to traffic pattern on Wooster Rd N. and Hopocan?? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen It goes along with the lights on Tusc Street and the Bike Trail. There will be some many wreaks you wont be able to keep up with. I am beginning to hate this town and the stupid ideas they do!!

Yet making Third Street off Wooster to Tusc between the post office and McDonald’s can’t seem to be one way with angled parking. If you come from downtown turning left onto Wooster is nearly impossible, to do so you have to pull up a car length past the line then no one can turn onto Third.

Actually it is a great idea. There is an arrow at the light. And no tight turn anymore because left lane is turn only! Makes it pretty simple to turn left now. Even someone like yourself can do it. You should try it and then keep driving west all the way to Arizona. Move now!

I have been pleasantly surprised by the way our new Middle School principal, Mr. Andric, has been dealing with bullying issues at BMS. Things have been dealt with swiftly and I am seeing consistent methods to handle any of the school issues. I have also been notified the same day when my student has been brought into the office to discuss what he/she has witnessed. I am sensing a No Tolerance policy at Barberton Middle School. Thank you to Mr. Andric and his administration at Barberton Middle School for making me, as a parent, feel comfortable that any issues regarding the students will be handled appropriately.

Sorry I did not spell one word right but it was 6:30 am and I was 20 feet up a tree trying to settle a score with bambi bow and arrow in hand!! You see republicans don’t sleep till noon like democrats waiting for someone to give them a handout we work for what we have!!

So you have a deadly weapon in one hand, you are up 20 feet in a tree, and the first thing that the neurons in your body shoot to your brain is, “I gotta use my free hand to make a comment on the Barberton Herald’s website?” Seems reasonable to me. Nothing to see here folks. Just a typical Republican voter lol.

Anyone who believes dem or repub has any bearing on city type politics clearly has no clue on how municipal government works and or the problems facing most cities. VOTE for someone with creative idea’s and a passion for hard work. Someone who will impose accountability for everyone within the city infrastructure while providing solid civic services owed to the taxpayers. Does not matter if this type of person is dem, repub, purple, etc

I will be running for WARD 3 in the next election. I will be running as an Independent. I refuse to be tied to a party. Its about relationships, and doing what is right by the people who elected you. I will not be bought and paid for.

I am now going to comment on Dennis Pierson’s comments to the police dispatcher. Mr. Pierson has been caught in so many lies and has failed to respond to them even when a citizen wrote a letter to council that stated in no uncertain terms that Mr. Pierson “and” My opponent had lied not only to the public, but also had lied to their fellow council members. These lies were to influence the outcome of a vote by council to either buy or not buy the Chief of Police a new vehicle. If not for the citizen’s letter they might have succeeded.
I am not an attorney, however if this is not a crime, then it should be!
In regards to his racist remarks about everyone who participated in or attended the Norton Cider Fest, his remarks were so terrible as to disgrace the office that he holds. How can any person who respects the Boy Scouts,the Girl Scouts,The Lions Club,The Chamber of Commerce or all of the volunteers and the visitors who helped make this years Fest such a success, I ask “how” can anyone vote for this person?? I also will be interested in my opponents opinion as to his constant support of Mr. Pierson since joining council? Does he have the same opinion of all Cider Fest participants as does his close friend?
Please Vote for Jack Gainer for Ward 1 Council and rid the city of these two individuals.

If I call the Norton police and my comment is not consistent with the party line of the good old boys, will my call be leaked to the press like you did Mr Piersons? Usually news media need to ask for the information, my question is how did they know about it unless it was “leaked”? Are all calls to the police department leaked to the press?
If you want a councilman who will fight for you then vote for Mr Pierson. If you want a councilman who plays “get along” and will sell you out for the “party line” then dont.

I myself found it very disturbing that this type of call made it out to local media. Public record or not, both Norton & Barberton seem to have issues with confidentiality. This is a perfect example of why some neighborhoods live in fear, to afraid to call police because everyone is aware of the “leaking” of caller info when responding to a disturbance. I myself have witnessed police divulge whom the complaining neighbor or caller was when they responded to a call.

Is any shocked at the usage of the phrase “white trash” by anyone living in the 44203 area code? We own
25 % of Summit county drug over doses followed by an economy backed by food stamps and sect 8. Mommies & Daddies who do not work. Councilman or no, guy responded in an upset manner because it was affecting the quality of his neighborhood. No one cares about a problem, providing it happens at somewhere else. Maybe Mr. Gainer would like to hold next years festival near his home ? Pierson needs to own his comments and the people who actually get out and vote will applaud him for it. How many of us have not made a derogatory remark at some point, truthfully ? Vote based upon politics, not a phone call.

The hard working homeowners around here [ few that are left ] have stood by this school district for 15 + years ! I myself voted YES for more than one tax hike. This district AS VERIFIED PER OFFICIAL STATE REPORT CARDS and statistics has been on a meteoric decline. We can no longer turn a blind eye and make excuses. I could care less about other district ratings or the fact that Lil Johnny comes from a less than desirable at home academic surrounding. ON THE JOB RESULTS = $. This is the most basic financial concept in ALL job markets.

ACCOUNTABILITY needs to put into place. LETS GET OUR DISTRICT REPORT ON THE RISE AND COME SEE US IN 2 + YEARS. WE CAN NO LONGER REWARD MEDIOCRE PERFORMANCE. They need levy dollars for pay raises, health care and always rising pension costs. State money can NOT be used for their own * EXTRA * financial luxuries. PLEASE VOTE NO IN NOVEMBER. You will be truly helping the children by sending this message = IMPROVED STATE REPORT CARDS WILL = $$. To bad the football program could not seek their own levy, coach Gotto and his players are a perfect example of hard work & positive results = praise and respect from the taxpayers. GO MAGICS FOOTBALL !!

Thanks for your comments. That said, I think you are misinformed in several ways. First off, voting YES, is NOT A TAX INCREASE. It will cost you exactly $0 if you vote yes.

Secondly, the district is actually INCREASING in test scores. You see, every year the Ohio Department of Education increases the percent that they consider passing. This past year, I believe they said that 80% is considered passing. What this means is that if the entire 5th grade has 79% of its math scores as passing, the state will give the district an F grade for the 5th grade math score. Correct me if I’m wrong, but last I checked, a 79% in your drivers test, a high school class, or even a college course is considered passing. So why is the state now saying anything less than an 80% is failing? I believe it is because politicians, and bloated statewide bureaucrats, in the Ohio Department of Education, are making the stakes so unattainable for the majority of school districts on purpose. They need to keep their jobs so they are making the state of Ohio look like it is failing on purpose. This is purely a sham.

If you still think I am wrong look up the grade for Strongsville City Schools. Strongsville is an upper middle class district and have many Browns players living it. They scored a C!!!

My last comment to your point is in regards to accountability. If anyone was to take your post on face value, than we should dictate the pay of Doctors at Akron City and Cleveland Clinic on how well they perform in regards to their patients that they see. When you go into your doctor’s office for your yearly physical, and your doctor says, “you need to lose weight” do you listen to him/her? Given your logic, we should dictate doctors’ pay based on how healthy their patients how. If you don’t listen to your doctor and you gain weight when they tell you that you have to lose weight, we should dock doctors’ pay. Just like doctors, teachers tell their students how to learn. If students care not to take their advice, just like patients with their doctors, why should we fault the teacher? Unless I am totally misunderstanding your point, and you do feel that we should decrease the pay checks of doctor’s when their patients show up more unhealthy to their yearly physical.

You make the former school super “Patti” look like an amateur at “spin doctoring”. Your comments could not be further from the truth. Why do all of you district cronies refuse to look at things from a JOB BASED PERFORMANCE standpoint? Mediocre results do not warrant financial increase. Stop stating that this is not a new tax, that is very misleading to ill informed voter’s. Here is the truth : Almost 5 years ago we had 4 emergency mil levies thrown at us in under 2 years and it finally passed after 3 failures. So it was a new tax 5 years ago and now it requires voter approval in order for them to keep milking the taxpayers.This town has stood by this district financially and the coffer’s are dry ! What is wrong with any homeowner keeping some money in their pocket while asking for an improved district performance BEFORE the next taxpayer funded financial windfall?

LEVY DOLLARS can and will be used for pay increases [ on top step raises ], health care and always increasing pension costs. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE KIDS OR QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION.
I want educators who truly care about a failing k-3 literacy score and a well below avg graduation rate.
Time to EARN the taxpayer’s money.

I find it funny that you think that I am a “spin doctor.” I am an average joe interested in truth.

1) You are incorrect. The levy IS NOT a tax increase. It will not raise anyone’s property tax. This is a FACT. I challenge you to find facts to correct me on this. You won’t because you know I am correct.

Man this looks bad at first glance (even though a 90, 85, and 73 are all passing grades)! What you are forgetting to mention, is that in each of these 3 years there were DIFFERENT State Tests and DIFFERENT DIFFICULTIES! 2013 was an easier test. The state then changed tests, and made it harder in 2014. The state changed again in 2015, and made the test even harder with a different testing company. These are facts. I am disappointed that you neglected to mention these facts in your posts. You are clearly spinning this issue. It seems you want the schools to fail in order to propel your ideological agenda. Shame.

3) You talk about accountability and job based performance. Why don’t you want doctor pay dictated on accountability and job based performance? Just like teachers, doctors give out advice to their patients. If patients don’t take their doctor’s advice, then maybe we should dock the pay of doctors like you want to dock the pay of teachers. You are a hypocrite if you want to defund education, and let doctors earn a 6 figure income, when their patients are unhealthy. Tell me when it is a job based performance success of a doctor seeing a patient who refuses to listen to their medical advice.

Is throwing money at the problem the real answer to mediocre education in the US?

In our world there are slightly less than 200 countries. Out of the 200 countries 65 compare education. Out of 65 countries we are rated in the mid 30’s for quality of education. This means there are over 30 countries who educate the children better than we do in America.

Now look at the price we pay: We pay the most of any country in the world for educating our children in public schools. Pay the most and get rated 50% in quality of education. This is not very good bang for the buck.

A recent visit to a local hospital I ran into foreign doctors. The majority of the doctors I ran into were not American. Where are our students if we are doing such a good job of educating the youth of America?

Throwing money at the problem does not work. We need to see what the other 35 countries that are doing better than us are doing and adopt their way of educating our children.

I dont live in Norton, but use the Norton School System. To vote for an ex teacher, or a mother of a teacher is just putting the fox in the hen house. All Santelli and Webel did was vote for early raises and increases in operating expenses. Never did they look at educating our children for tomorrows world.

How long are we gonna keep this so called football coach in Norton? He hasn’t had a winning season since the first year but the work was already done before he got here. He is embarassing to watch on the sidelines yelling at the refs and his coaches. Never being accountable for any losses always blaming the boys and his staff. The kids deserve better the community deserves better. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE, ITS TIME FOR A NEW COACH!!!

We as citizens have a choice to make. In November you can vote for the same old for Council at Large, or we can vote for Thomas”Bebe”Heitic. Change needs to start here and then the regular ward seats , up to the Mayoral seat. Change only happens when we vote. This is our voice to exercise. Remember in November, when you vote for the school levy renewal, also vote for Thomas”Bebe” Heitic.

That’s the same mindset that’s is getting this town in trouble. I for one am tired of the wasteful spending. The city from two different pieces of legislation has wasted 106k of tax payers money. If you like that kind of irresponsibility keep voting in the status quoe. You get what you vote for.

We are already paying for it! Schools get 75% of our property taxes as it is NOW!
Vote against it and you pay LESS! Maybe they should trim their budget too like the taxpayers have to do when costs go up?

“Bebe” has been posting on this forum very frequently this summer. Did he even bother to announce that he was officially running for a seat via this forum? I have seen his yard signs out & about but I see no info on here in from him in regards to his politics and what he plans to bring to the table. Sounds like another jabroni looking for a $900/mo part time paycheck. Easy $ for attending ONE 30 minute council meeting every 30 days. THIS TOWN NEEDS ANSWERS AND ROLL UP THE SHIRT SLEEVE TYPES, we have waaaay toooo many paycheck casher’s around here!

Thank you for your interest! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. My email is bebeheitic@gmail.com and I’ll do my best to answer promptly. I do guarantee a response. As for a “jabroni looking for 900/mo part time paycheck” I assure you the 10k per year salary is not a factor. I’ve personally discussed with citizens in order to make the pay attractive enough for a full time engineer (as the charter commands) instead of outsourcing it to GPD Group all elected and appointed officials should take a pay cut. It’s about working within our means. If the position on council paid 1k a year I’d still be willing.

The council meetings are at 730, but there are committee meetings beforehand where the public can interact. Council decorum prohibits retort when addressed in the meeting of the whole.

We need to STOP sub contracting out jobs that should be done by our well compensated city workers. STOP writing checks and start having our well paid employee’s go home a little tired with dirt on their clothes for a change. Do you have any idea how many MILLIONS of dollars we could have saved by having our own employee’s do lets say 50-60 % of the street repairs over the past 3 years ? What could a struggling town do with an extra couple of million bucks ?? uhmmmmm

We need rep’s who will get off their arse and GET OUT AND MEET THE PEOPLE and help organize community watch groups to combat crime / drugs. Grass roots “Bebe”, that is what this town needs. Tired of seeing rep’s do nothing and then they expect the full time working citizens to attend meetings, etc. That is why we have you rep’s, you are to be a voice for those who WORK AND PAY TAXES.

COUNCIL NEEDS TO START ASKING QUESTIONS AT THE MEETINGS. I followed meeting minutes for years and the only person who asked questions and asked about other options was Lysenko. I respect the pluck it takes for you to run but lets really hear about your agenda. ANY person running for rep should have at least a 5 point plan ready for discussion. The floor is your “Bebe”.

I would love to work at quite a few things. For starters making the weekly agendas available online to keep more people informed. Also I would like to try to end this practice of “suspending the rules of the charter and declaring an emergency” so things don’t go three readings and voted on right then and there. Authorization of the mayor to enter into contracts without public input is only an emergency if proper research and public input is disregarded. Understandably, liabilities can be (disposal of assets like decommissioned police cruisers), less they sit and do nothing.
Moreover, outsourcing should be used in the case of state or federal monies when they pay 51% or more. A road company answers to GPD Group, again an outsourced engineer. I want our own with our interests in mind.
Elected officials should be more hands on with citizens. It’s not a job when elected it’s a responsibility. How many times is something passed quickly and people find out weeks later?

I would take an educated guess and say that the majority of local street repairs done in the past 3 years are not state or fed funded, correct? If so, they should have been done by our own city street dept. Right now we are paying top wages and benefits for guys to patch pot holes or cold patch a 25 ft section? What a miss managed waste ! Bebe, Barberton is now up to $10 local tax on all license plate stickers done at the bmv, where is the extra $5 per sticker going? Good stuff on the emergency vote & mayor autho. Both need to change !!
Best of luck!

We could have if the current administration would stop wasting money. Phil Canfora just received a five year 100k lease from our elected officials without citizen input. Call the city officials and ask them how much they spend on contracts without qualified oversight. Your opinion would change real fast.

They do have some and at one point they had a full fleet of equipment. It has been moth balled due to the subcontracting. If you invest in equipment it will save you money !! Why does an auto tech buy tools for his job ? He needs them in order to make money. It is called an investment and or cost of doing business. What’s a matter union dude, afraid to get dirty?

Given the horrible tragedy in Las Vegas, I believe it is time we start to have a conversation on gun control measures.

The Supreme Court ruled in the 1919 decision of Schenck v. United States, that you can not “yell fire in a crowded theatre.” This Supreme Court decision eroded 1st Amendment Free Speech Rights. This decision curtailed 1st amendment rights of Free Speech.

The precedent has been set. The Supreme Court CAN curtail rights found in the Bill of Rights. Why did no one protest the Supreme Court curtailing first amendment rights, but conservatives feel that no one can ever touch the second amendment? The Supreme Court precedent has already ruled that they can curtail rights found in the Bill of Rights.

Let’s take this argument to the next logical stage. The founding fathers believed that we should have a militia in case England tried to invade. They had no idea what an automatic, semi-automatic, or nuclear weapons were. If strict constructionists want to argue exactly what the founding fathers thought, then let’s make legal every musket and make illegal every other gun other than the musket!

Let’s also talk about this idea of a militia. The idea of a standing militia was to prevent a foreign government to invade. There were no nuclear weapons back then. Hence, the idea of having a “militia” is null in my opinion since governments have nuclear weapons and can wipe into oblivion militias. Thus, the idea of second amendment revisions is much needed.

I will not support any person, sports professional, or organization that disrespects our flag or the national anthem. Pubic officials and business leaders who condone such actions should be boycotted. Our forefathers have sacrificed too much for such negative actions. We Americans have very few instances where we can stand together shoulder to shoulder/arm in arm for one moment in respect of our nation.

Free Speech is in our Constitution, but should not be exploited during a such moments. Individual rights and Free Speech have no place in superceeding our Flag and National Anthem.

Kudo’s to President Donald Trump for taking a stand for America… over politics and personal views.

I respect both sides of this debate, but I think we should all take a step back. Since when does kneeling during the anthem, mean it’s an attack on the military? It’s not an attack on the military, but rather a sign of obstacles that we, as a nation, still need to overcome in regards to race relations in our country. Would it be no different if Irish men of the 19th century took a knee to protest the “No Irish Need Apply” policies of our country back then?

Let us not forget the “Know Nothing Party” of the 19th century…a party that was Anti-Catholic and Anti-Immigrant. The Know Nothing Party wanted to keep America as a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Country. The times have changed, but the current of ultra right wing nationalism has not. In every age of our country’s history, there is a tenant of right wing populism that attempts to cast doubt on those “different” than us.

That said, would I kneel? Probably not, but then again, I do not live, nor encounter, the struggles that minority communities deal with. That being said, these communities need to understand the struggles that police officers, and their families deal with every single day. When Kapernick wears pig socks dressed up as cops, this does nothing to add to a thoughtful discourse, but rather, add to the nastiness of this topic. Kapernick was wrong in wearing pig socks, but so is Trump. Kapernick should have simply knelt. No need to fuel to the fire.

Trump is clearly playing a not so secret game of Dog-Whistling when it comes to racial politics. Trump knows that this issue is a win in the heartland (Not sure much in the rest of America), plus it takes away from his inept handling of Hurricane Irma and Maria. Trump is a master manipulator. He knows when to change the subject to take the heat off of his inept handling of domestic matters.

For people like John to claim that it is an act of “disrespect” totally misses the point the players are trying to make. BTW, it’s not like they are dragging the flag through mud or burning it. They are simply kneeling. If this is their reaction to kneeling, I would hate to see what they would do when people burn the flag, which the Supreme Court ruled in the 1980’s, was protected free speech.

Instead of taking your ball and going home, why not let’s all try to have a constructive dialogue about the issue of police misconduct towards minorities, but also attacks against police. At the end of the day, we all just wanna be able to go home to our families.

I had made a suggestion that our Mayor should drive up and down 2nd St. SW for a year and tell me if the road does not need to be redone. Year after year I’ve heard the same thing, IT”S ON THE LIST! Well when is it really on the list 2024????

Why can a heroin addict overdose and be back at home that same evening with no criminal charges? Why is it that someone in possession of marijuana can get charged, someone drinking and driving can get charged, but a heroin addict can overdose in public and not get a single charge? Why is it OK for a heroin addict to tie up EMS and first responders and cost millions of dollars to the state and taxpayers to cover the cost of Narcan and these EMS runs?

Heroin is by far one of the worst drugs available and people are getting away with it on a daily basis. EMS workers are responding to overdose calls on a daily basis and these people get brought back to life and sent home, sometimes more than once a day. Where are the adult consequences for abusing as well as possession of an illegal drug? Any other drug user who is caught is not given that choice. They are arrested, charged and booked to await a hearing. It’s time to start making these people own up to what they are doing, it’s time to take away the freedom of having no consequences for the lack of, a “bad choice.” No one made them take the drug, they chose to do so on their own.

I know we all heard growing up, “Don’t let them pressure you to do something.” OK, I get that, but these are not kids using this drug. For the most part, they are adults with children of their own. Give them a dose of reality while they sit in a cell and think about what it is they are doing.

At any given moment, there are people on heroin behind the wheels of cars, sitting next to you in restaurants, in the parking lot at the school pick-up point, leaving needles on the streets for our kids to find. The courts and jails are full but that is still no reason to let this go on without disregard to public safety.

Let’s not wait until it’s too late and the cemeteries are full. There is a petition in Erie County, Ohio with the goal of making that change. They are trying to put enforcement behind the use of the drug. Why just them? We all should stand up and let our voices be heard.

Correct me if I am wrong, but most communities DO punish people who overdose. In fact, the main problem is that people are afraid to call 911 because they are afraid they will get prosecuted. Again, please correct me if I am wrong.

And to play devil’s advocate, many of the Libertarian wing of the Republican Party would argue that the federal government should legalize most drugs and regulate it. If you regulate drugs, then people would not buy questionable drugs on the street that are lethal. Doing so would also cut into the Mexican drug cartels profits, since people would simply go to a Government Pharmacy where they know they can buy a safe and legal product. Let’s not even take into account the tax dollars the country and state could make!! This would increase government profit and reduce gang activity. Granted, this doesn’t take into account the negative externalities that would arise in society.

Thomas to correct you no must do not the explanation that was given is because the drug has been ingested injected or some other means their is no evidence as to would was taken so no charges can be files if you wish to check my statement pick up a copy of the Wadsworth post there you will find the reason given for area departments.

Thomas to correct you. No must departments do not arrest and here the explanation that was given is because the drug has been ingested injected or some other means there is no evidence as to what was taken so no charges can be filed. One department does charge them with public nuisance so they have a record of them on file If you wish to check my statement pick up a copy of the Wadsworth post there you will find the reason given for area departments. sorry for the first reply when using a phone to type replies it is some what difficult to correct spelling errors as well sentence structure.

Dale, thanks for your reply. All I can say is that the county that I live does prosecute people who overdose. I was not aware that Summit does not. I think it is needed for the Federal Government to intervene at this point. Where is Trump? He needs to have a federal plan of intervention along with forcing insurance companies to cover treatment for people who want rehabilitation. Currently, health insurance does not cover a comprehensive rehabilitation treatment. This is the problem.

As Americans we have the freedom of speech. We can voice our opinions. The ViewsLine is an “OPINION” page. I don’t know or have ever met Michelle DeShon, but she is the “OPINION” page writer. To those of you who take issue with her “OPINIONS” should note she signs her name to her “OPINION” and doesn’t hide her feelings. I don’t agree completely with everything she writes, but I do agree our current President is unqualified. His constant rantings about how he is treated by the media, lashing out at anyone who questions him, yet has no problem making childish comments about other world leaders, comedians, and other politicians. I have experience with family members and friends who have had dementia and have seen it from the first stages. I hope he gets a complete medical exam.

The October 5th HERALD carried a Views Line stating that Michelle De Shon should be fired, shipped out of the city and the country, and fined heavily for her writing in the negative about President Donald Trump. She was called un-American as well. Like you, I do not claim that I agree with De Shon (as often I do not), but I thought that debate and discussion were sort of fundamental to our type of society. These folks should understand the concept of free speech and that punishment doled out to those who dissent flies in the face of it. Let the girl talk…maybe we could learn something from her! By the way, I have met Michelle De Shon and she is a charming young lady.
As far as goes President Trump, I voted for the guy and question the wisdom of my vote. He has managed to upset the country and in fact the world and I’m wondering when exactly he will get something accomplished. With control of both houses and a 5 – 4 Supreme Court he should have little difficulty, but look how it’s going.

So in your opinion, the success of any district is primarily based on parenting? To a small degree, I would concur. Then why are we over paying a failing group of educators that cannot succeed at their job when it comes to the kids that require a little extra help ? IN THE REAL WORK WORLD… you are paid based upon success and hard work. So if I tell my boss that my sales are down due to the economy he will simply hand me more money and pat me on the back ? Guy/gal works in a mfg plant and refuses to work O.T. a.k.a… doing the min hours his/her employer will continue to reward them ?? In both instances, chances are you would be fired. Does success and hard work seem to apply to this district ? I would say not.

Based upon your rationale, then we should just home school all kids here in Barberton and fire the entire teaching staff? Give me back my $150 / mo due over inflated school taxes and keep the welfare SSD & sec 8 kiddies a home. I am all in !

The correlation of other jobs to teaching is an uneven equation. If you’re a supervisor (teacher) and your job is to train new hires (students) and those new hires don’t care, you can fire them. Students who don’t put in effort can’t be “fired” so to speak.
The learning process goes beyond the walls of the school, if parents don’t push their kids to excel, what’s the point? You turn the teacher into a glorified babysitter. Should the teacher be held accountable for the uninterested student, or spend extra time on that one while neglecting the others?
And if you’d like your money back on property taxes, contact Tavia Golonski, our state rep, and tell her and others to stop ignoring the DeRolph decision and fix the state share of funding.

How many welfare and section 8 kids are being pushed by there parents? Excuse me, PARENT? You can not be fired for not working OT . You have it all figured out in your own little world. Great job! you deserve a raise! Psssst.

You can hold your opinions, but districts who hold a higher amount of free lunches, tend to perform lower than districts that do not. And that is a fact.

Also, let’s do an experiment. For our experimental group, we will transplant teachers from Revere to Akron, and transport teachers from Akron to Revere. Do you think you will see that much of a change in test scores?

Also, let’s have a control group and transplant Barberton teachers to Cuyahoga Falls and vice versa. Based on the statistical analysis of the study I showed you, I would gladly go to Vegas and place a bet saying that the difference in test scores between Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls would be within the statistical standard of deviation of being near equal.

You must be a republican. Only they can slant or “alternative fact” black & white numbers / statistics. By the way, you should care less about what is happening in another community. I want a return on my tax dollars, I could care less about some schmo living in Avon lake. So when one community has a failing state report card it makes it ok for other communities now ? You my friend get a failing grade in common sense. Leave the adult decision making to the adults.

I have several issues I would like to bring up. The first is that your statistics are flawed. You correctly state the performance index grades from 2013-2015, but what you fail to mention is that from 2013-2015 the state has had 3 DIFFERENT TESTS with 3 DIFFERENT standards of grading. The state of Ohio had the Ohio Achievement test, which many would agree was the easiest to pass, which would correlate to the high 90% passage rate. The state then switched to the PARC Test, which was harder, and then to the AIR test. The state of Ohio has had 3 different tests in 3 years, which is basically comparing apples to oranges to plums. You need to have 1 single test and study the reliability of that test over many years. Plus, let’s not forget, that Ohio keeps upping the percentage that they consider a passing grade. I could be wrong, but I believe in last year’s tests, every district needed something like an 80% to be considered passing. I am sorry, but the last time I checked, a 79% test is considered passing in HS and College. But according to the Ohio Department of Education, a 79% is not passing. Hmmmm

Last week, one of your writers wrote a story called “Trump excusing violence?”. This was found in the “opinion ” section of the paper. While I understand that it truly is an opinion and I can appreciate and respect it for what it is. It really is frustrating to me that your paper is becoming bias. Did your paper write about the BLM destroying property that didn’t belong to them? How about when they chanted about killing cops? How about when Obama welcomed BLM leaders to the White House? Maybe it’s obamas fault that a BLM felt empowered to be so destructive with no consequence. I don’t recall reading anything like that in your paper. If you insist on leaning to one side of the aisle, be prepared for the consequences. You WILL lose business. At least be fair to both sides.

Found this tid bid on a pest control webpage. Allegedly : If you do install a bat house, and it actually works and the bats take up residence, multiply and then spread to adjacent human homes, you may or may not be liable for injury, illness, clean-up and removal. Look at the bright side, all the bat droppings you now have will make an awesome fertilizer. You might also want to be sure all of your dwelling openings are secure. Once you get one in the attic or crawl space, they will continue to return.

THEY NEED YOUR TAX LEVY DOLLARS TO LINE THEIR FAT POCKETS WITH RAISES, PREMIUM HEALTH CARE AND 1 MILLION DOLLAR PER TENURE TEACHER PENSIONS. ONE PERSON ON THIS FORUM WITHOUT VALIDATION IS CLAIMING THIS TO BE A RENEWAL. DOES IT MATTER ? VOTE NO BASED UPON PERFORMANCE. THIS DISTRICT IS IN DECAY TAKE BACK YOUR HARD EARNED $ AND SEND A MESSAGE = PERFORMANCE BEFORE $$. Is it really about the kids down there ????

BARBERTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT – Proposed Tax Levy (Renewal) – Shall a
levy renewing an existing levy be imposed by the Barberton City School District for the
purpose of providing for the emergency
requirements of the school districtin the sum of
$3,000,000 and a levy of taxes to be made outside of the ten-mill limitation estimated by
the county fiscal officer to average 9 mills for each one dollar of valuation, which amounts
to 90 cents for each one hundred dollars of valuation, for a period of 5 years, commencing
in 2018, first due in calendar year 2019?

Board of elections did not have the ballot posted for view prior to labor day weekend, thank you for your efforts.
Regardless, VOTE NO ON THIS LEVY. We need to see improved performance and lose the open check book mentality. I was hoping the HERALD would ask the new school super why the current budget still has an obvious shortage of some sorts hence the proposed levy. Why has this financial shortage not been addressed and corrected over the past 5 years? Numerous articles floating around stating that school funding from the State is at an all time high, so why are the coffer’s coming up short down there at Norton Ave ?? Bottom line, it is not about the kids. VOTE NO ON ALL FUTURE SCHOOL LEVIES AND DEMAND IMPROVEMENT ON ALL STATE REPORT CARDS. At last check, Barberton was near the bottom 1/3 in state rankings for public schools. Sad !!

The schools are required to submit a five year budget to the state and contracts as such. The state changes funding every two years, so districts are constantly fluctuating how much the get based on the states budget. I’m in no way making excuses, I only want to show facts of why district not just our own are forced to renew or add.
Now for my opinion. The REAL culprits are every rep and senator at the state level that choose constantly to ignore and essentially be in contempt of the state supreme court rulings (12 now) that their model of funding is excessive on property tax and need changed. Every one of them should be voted out and the new ones put on notice that they will not make a career out of hosing property owners.

Vote no on a levy that will cost you $0 more? So you can prove what? That you read some statistics in the viewsline so now you are an education expert? You know that nothing in the viewsline is fact checked, right? It’s mostly fiction and trolling. I’d love to know where these articles that mention all time high funding are coming from. Please cite your sources.

Voting no and trashing schools- in an anonymous post – is arm-chair social activism. If you cared at all about the community and the future, you would stop yapping and get your degree. Then head out to one these failing schools and show them how it’s done! Obviously you are the expert and the rest of us are fools.

Well tonight at 10:45 the mosquito sprayer truck came by. The speed is 25 here on Orchard. I think he was going around 35. I remember when my husband did jobs like that. He only went 10 to 15 mph. Now we know why the mosquito are bad. The chemical is being dispensed very lightly. Any city officials watching the news. West Nile is around.

This year could be the best magic’s football season in over 30 years! The coach and all of the kids in all levels of the program are to be congratulated. Who would have thunk that football would be back before hoops here in the Magic City. As for see more’s lack of seating, don’t fret. Your Magics brain trust just opted to spend $100,000 on visitor seating down at the stadium. So maybe Norton felt 6 figures could be better spent on something other than an a seat for some out of towner’s rump. Magics win 34-0 on the gridiron and Norton is up 1-0 on sound financial decision making.

Good sound system with annoying announcer will not allow you to host playoff games. B-Towns soccer stadium holds more rumps than Norton’s bad design football stadium seating. Playoffs?? Were talking playoffs??? Playoffs? Not at that dump!

What do you “casual” high school football fans not understand ??? Norton will have open a.k.a. plenty seating for 4 out of every 5 home games due to playing in a small conference. Why would they host any high school playoff games when Barberton & Wadsworth are within 1 mile? State playoff committee’s look at distance between oponents and seating campacity at a neutral site. You are clueless, sorry 🙂 Educate yourself please.

ATTN: HERALD STAFF. Could you please look at doing the following in regards to November’s proposed school levy:

1] Ask the new school super what the funds are needed for. Time for the new super to earn his promotion !
2] After answering question # 1, ask new school super why the current budget does NOT adequately fill this financial need.
3] What other area’s where considered via a potential cut back [s] to help stay within budget and NOT TAX THE ALREADY OVER TAXED HOMEOWNERS HERE
4] PLEASE inform the local voter’s on how the 2 types of school funding work. State money versus that of the tax levy dollars taken from what few hard working homeowners are left in this town.

Not required LMAO. Microcosm if whats wrong with this district. Some teachers attended and others did not because it was “not required” ? Guess doing the least is the best Barberton can do? Guess what, homeowners are not required to pass the tax levies. VOTE NO IN NOVEMBER.

In reference to the West show and sandwich shop, the city is turning down income tax dollars over a zoning ordinance?? Another potentially thriving business becoming a potential eyesore!
This is one for the (tax) books LOL

This building was well on it’s way to being an eyesore and someone had enough pluck to breath life back into this building. The council rep in this ward needs to get off their arse and seek out his person and offer some help. HEY COUNCIL REP, someone is trying to improve his/her neighborhood. Get out and help them !! IF YOU LIVE OVER ON THE WESTSIDE, CALL YOUR REP!

THEY NEED YOUR TAX LEVY DOLLARS TO LINE THEIR FAT POCKETS WITH RAISES, PREMIUM HEALTH CARE AND 1 MILLION DOLLAR PER TENURE TEACHER PENSIONS. YES… I SAID PER TEACHER! State money is for school upkeep and operations, your tax dollars go to their pockets!! FOR GOODNESS SAKES GET OUT AND VOTE NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Where can you verify your claim that this is a renewal ? I see no info to support your statement. I will vote NO because this district’s report card with the state continues to plummet. At last check, they were in the bottom 1/3 of the state rankings. Why reward a district that does the state minimum on every academic level? Does your employer give you pay raises based upon performance or do they hand out money every time you ask for it ?
LEVY TAX DOLLARS GOES TO THEIR POCKETS, PENSIONS & HEALTH CARE. Has nothing to do with the kids. If most taxpayers only knew the truth about how school funding works.

There are 2 articles from Cleveland.com floating around the Internet that have incorrect information about the upcoming levy from Barberton Schools. Please be advised that the upcoming levy is NOT an increase. It’s just a renewal of the approved 2013 levy.

We will share more information soon, but we at least wanted to clear up any confusion the articles may have caused!

Until you can provide solid proof of your claim, you are the one creating confusion. Maybe the new school super should call the Herald and verify or the Herald call him ?? Either way, vote NO. This district has not earned what they have gotten via the taxpayers over the past 2-3 years. That is why Patti jumped off the ship, district is clearly in decline and state rankings prove it. VOTE NO IN NOVEMBER. NO TAX DOLLARS PERIOD UNTIL PERFORMANCE IMPROVES!

now since we have these blue trash cans I see people don’t clean up around their houses anymore trash bags laying around outside, furniture laying around because you have to pay for stupid stickers go BACK to our old trash pick-up company, and clean up our town again…

Cans seem to help keep the debris some what controlled compared to the ole curbside days. However, the sticker program is a shambles. This town is littered with mattresses and furniture everywhere. We look like a 3rd world country for goodness sakes. LET’S OFFER MORE THAN 1 OR 2 PER YEAR UNLIMITED PICK UPS OR GIVE OUT A COUPLE OF FREE STICKERS. How about you get a free sticker for every 6 months you pay your city utility bill on time? Come on council rep’s help clean up the magic city and table a discussion for a more efficient sanitation program..

Excelllent idea.so many water bills delinquent they never turn water off. my neighbor down the street gets notices delivered all the time with city personnel. what a waste of taxpayer money but yet I pay on time and get nothing.

I like it, sounds good to me! now that Barberton stepped up to the 21st Century and has auto pay for the utility bills, I never have to worry about the Post Office losing my check when I mail it in. I am always on time, except when the mail gets screwed up, but now I never have to worry again. I’ll take some rewards for being on time for sure!

The problem is when this was negotiated it was proposed to council as a emergency without citizen input. The current council have a habit of doing this. They suspend the rules of the charter just to pass legislation that need input from everyone not just a group. The contract can be renegotiated when it expires. The contract needs to have free bulk pickup and can be negotiated, or they can be replaced. This type of negotiation needs to happen. The difference in business minded people and politicians.

TIP ON HOW TO COMBAT THE LOCAL DRUG PROBLEM : Remember back in the day when ALL PERS and or city employee’s had to live within the municipality in which they worked in ?? We need city employees who care, not ones who just cash paychecks with Barberton on them ! You would see improvement across the board in all civic area’s if this old policy was re-instated. You think a Barberton city employee who lives in Copley or Wadsworth gives a hoot after they clock out and go home? Just something to think about. CIVIC PRIDE can be a powerful tool.

Campfires, barbecues, and the sounds of the speedway off in the distance……I love summer weekends here! Best time of year ever to be outside and enjoying a few cold ones along side the campfire after a hard week of working every day!

How is shooting a gun in the city not a felony but going in to a shop asking for help and them saying no. And one thing leads to the next a felony. That is the great Barberton Police for you. It just dont add up. Only in BARBERTON OHIO

Amen to that as well. I can’t tell you how many times they’ve been called to a known felons home, and advised that he has guns in the home, but they’ just smack them on the hand and move along. Now that there was a shooting there maybe they’ll look into it a little deeper. To my knowledge a convicted felon is not supposed to be in possession of a firearm .

We are all sick with the smoke and dust in air on NORTON, Ave Barberton. Miami. east 5 blocks. we must keep our windows shut all day. so no dirt comes into our homes. I for one am sick of this.
with the wind today. it looks like the WILD. WILD. WEST. only with no horses. Here is a lovely town.
and we would love to bring tourism here. But when they come North to see this. well. its sickening. especially during our visiting teams, we are inviting here to complete with our Barberton High Magic. how pitiful.WE. the School Board. and the City. should be ashamed of themselves. for allowing this to go on.

Why do the local taxpayers refuse to and or have not clue that you need to get your council rep off their b*tt and put them to work on such an issue. Your reps are getting $800-$900/mo to attend one 30 minute council meeting per mo.
They work for you people !! EXPECT MORE FOR YOUR TAX DOLLARS 🙂

Funny here how people are complaining about the Mosquito District’s measley 6 dollars on the property tax bills. What you REALLY should be concerned about is that 71% of your property taxes go to the Barberton City Schools. THAT is the real issue! Take a look at your bill and see the breakdown. You’d be shocked!

Where did you think teacher salaries and fat cat benefits come from ? State money cannot be used for such expenses, this is why you see tax levies every other year. Educate yourself, there are 2 types of school funding. FYI you and I are footing the bill for life time pensions amounts of over 1 million dollars per tenured teacher. Go check that out on public record via State of Ohio Dept of Education, you will really be shocked !

You would think that those smart and privileged enough to attend college would realize what a gravy job teaching is in today’s work place. To bad the teaching profession is filled with deception when it comes to bilking the average blue collar taxpayer. Respect your employer a.k.a ” the taxpayer”

The one that is full of excuses and cant figure life out always makes me laugh. You know, the one that does less and wants more always makes me laugh. You make me laugh. Laughing all the way to the bank.Not very smart.

Has anyone Noticed..how LAZY and the Lack of Property Pride, so many Residents are demonstrating, when they allow the Grass / Weeds on the devil-strips..between sidewalks and road to grow 2-3 Feet tall?! They mow their own yard..but too apathetic to wheel their mower or take a weed whacker out to the street..! It makes the whole Neighborhood look Terrible. What’s WRONG with people these days? the City needs to start handing out citations.

Good chance that these devil strips are zoned in the city easement = maybe the city should be cutting the grass??? I was told that the city has easement rights that extend into your property either 15 or 16 ft from the center of every road. Myself personally I would take care of it, but I could see someone saying “no”. Call your council rep and put them to work on a clarification.

sidewalks and devil strips may be city property but it is till our duty to take care of them you can still get sued, if someone slips and falls on your section of an icy sidewalk in front of your house. and you still have to mow the grass there as well. that has always been a fact of owner responsibility, I don’t know if anyone has noticed, but the City can’t even keep the Parks mowed. why we all need to do “our part”..just common sense people…. if you see litter or a tossed trash bag in front of your home on the street..you go out and pick it up..you don’t just sit there and watch cars run over it scattering it all down the road making your neighborhood look terrible. I guess that is the difference between Apathy and Pride… Laziness and being Responsibly Conscientious. you will find the LAW here on this link…. about Property Owner’s Obligations, Rights and Permissions. http://www.akronohio.gov/cms/site/cb2586e8f07d6380/

I see you have no issues holding your fellow neighbors and or magics accountable. Do you expect the same from your local leadership and tax payer paid city employees? I find it laughable how anyone could judge their fellow citizens in lieu of the poor civic services and the performance of said services this town is obligated to provide. Big picture here Triska, that’s the ticket!

I don’t know whom to report to, as I been told various departments, but because the flow of cars and esp emergency vehicles up and down 28th sw is quite frequent, and no stop signs, on their side.. the BUSH that is growing at the basement house property at the corner of Auburn and 28th is getting out of hand and one has to pull clear into the crossing road ..just to look for traffic, which creates a hazard. (actually no good reason for the bush to even be there for safety purposes) nobody lives there, hope somebody does something, before we have a real bad accident.

whether or not someone lives there. Property Always belongs to “Someone” therefore you are a.) Trespassing and b.) committing Vandalism. btw: the bush has been a problem for decades. one year ..some teens attempted to burn it.. lol… it grew back!

thank you… the bush has been trimmed.. maybe could of been trimmed more….(or removed) ….so much traffic just whizzes up and down 28th… sigh…well guess they will… when someone sues them….being a corner lot… of only a 2 way stop.. should be totally clear. in my opinion. thanks again. that should be good for about a month…till it bushes out again.

I think the owner or whomever is in charge of maintenance did. they must of seen the post. again much appreciated, but they should really do the right thing, for safety reasons, the bush grows quickly, it does not “add” to any beauty or privacy to the home, it is just the right size to block “line of sight”..and 90% of all emergency vehicles use 28th as a quick short cut to all back roads here, (douglas, benton stratford, noble etc) due to min. stop signs and other cars just fly up and down the road as well. many years ago, a car was flipped on its’ side, trying to pull out across that road, from that very spot..I remember it well, as they attempted to upright the vehicle. hey whatever …its’ their property….hope they have good “umbrella insurance.” they’ll need it someday, everybody is “sue happy”. one would be crazy to chance it. let alone the safety of our ER crews.

It is BROKE! It is UNFAIR! The DIRE need for change is long overdue! It comes as no surprise the “resident” who made such erroneous statements has a significant other who was appointed as chair of the Charter Review 2016 and now on the Civil Service Committee! FACT: If the Mayor did NOT have 100% of the votes in either election, how could it even be slightly considered fair? FACT: The changes will cause WORK to be done which is apparently a foreign word to some on council! FACT: Each Ward Rep selects candidates from their constituents. The Mayor still has a choice as well! Oh, and yes, all of the council will yet still vote!!! What’s the problem? Another FACT: Mary Ann Driscoll & Ron Clawson were appointed to Charter Review 2011 & 2016! Hmmmm

I would just like to say what an outstanding business Lenny’s Collision is. I was in an accident and there where a few issues in getting the last part for the vehicle, some leg work was put in and the part was found. Lenny took it upon himself to drive to WV to get the part needed for the car to complete the repair.
I can not say enough about how well they treated me and the entire situation and on top of all that the car was absolutely perfect when it was complete. I would recommend them to anyone, it’s good to know that there are still businesses out there that still care for the customer and will do whatever is necessary to get the job done!! Thank you Lenny and Shawn and the rest of the staff at Lenny’s Collision!!

I live near the intersection of Summit and Orchard. The police if they had the time could catch quite a few people blowing through this intersection, not even slowing down for the stop signs. On the one way section of Orchard they speed down the street the wrong way to reach Wooster rd.
We have children on this street who use the intersection to cross to friends homes. On any given day you can count past 20ty the cars that never stop, do a rolling stop, or sneak down our street. More if you watch all day.
It might be a small matter for Barberton but it’s revenue. And it would make it a lot safer for those living here. Do these idiots drive like this all over Barberton. Help us out.

Has anyone noticed that the mosquito spraying has been for the most part non existent this spring-summer. Last season was very sporadic compared to previous summers. WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS SERVICE, maybe someone downtown can find out why most area’s have had zero to 1 service so far this year. You are taxed monthly for this!

I have noticed that it is very light as well. Also, there are not that many mosquitoes this summer as compared to other summers either so I am sure they know that too. Why spray if you don’t need to do so and waste all that material? I do know that if you have an area that IS in fact bad, you can call them and let them know about it and they will come out and spray your area. You can even have them cruise by just your yard and do that too. My neighbor has them do his once a year. They do private mosquito spraying and all you have to do is call. You pay taxes for that too so that service is also available as well and included with that little tiny fee you pay on your taxes.

When does any employer let you “pick & choose” or “work a little less” ” for any reason ? WHEN A SERVICE IS PAID FOR ON THE TAX PAYER DIME, ** ALL ** AREA’S ARE ENTITLED TO SERVICE. If you are ok with your tax dollars being skirted away, that’s your decision. Not on my dime !! The constant poor performance of civil services OWED to the local taxpayer has made you numb citizen as a citizen, so sorry 🙁

We have a lazy landlord on Parkview who has blue plastic barrels of trash in his back yard filled with water. Some of you might not have problems with mosquitoes but we do. And I’ve only heard the sprayer once this year.

New parking lot for employees at Barberton Hospital. Good thing they didn’t take any park land for that lot.
Should have plenty of parking now that they laid off a bunch. And that ball field has been busy this Spring and Summer. Let’s build a helipad and then tear it up 3 years later? Who’s making these decisions?

On June 12 a mother and son on Hagen drive both overdosed . The son passed away. The police came to this address 3 different times to administer narcan. Why are things like this not in the paper or police logs so the Barberton residents are informed as to what is going on in this town. Are the police trying to cover up all the overdoses in this community. But yet when I read the police calls I know how many stray dogs are running loose or read about some person sitting in a car blowing the horn

What will publishing this in the paper accomplish? Pay tribute to the deceased by doing a benefit dinner for the family. Get off your butt and contact your mayor and state representative and ask why are there no local centers that will admit those who are actively using drugs. Was is local clergy not offering outreach programs? Be a problem solver, not a creator. Local police is not covering up anything, those who do the drugs are ! Addiction is NOT a disease, it’s a choice.
Condolences to those on Hagen Dr

You cannot expect these type of clinics to pop up like a dollar store over night. We are already the opiate scourge of Ohio. You need more from local leaders and the local clergy / church’s. Why are the local church organizations not taking a more active role ? Have the local clergy turned into a bunch of time clock punchers like your local leadership? Taking care of the local flock does not stop at 5 pm, hope both demographics are listening!

Is it just my imagination or have the street repairs here in town fizzled out ? Many area’s in this town are a mechanic’s dream for front end replacement parts and alignments. Come on Mayor Judge, let’s complete the promises made when hiking the local income tax rate. Barberton local tax is also getting $5 more per BMV license plate and or sticker purchase. What are those additional funds being used for now ? TIME TO GET TO WORK!

The city of Barberton is a mess. I’ve lived here all my life and have never seen it this bad. All the parks are over grown, weeds the size of small children around the playground, potholes that could do serious damage to a car, some of the worst roads are not getting paved, grass is easily over 4 feet high in areas, and I still see leaf piles. What are the city employees doing? The leaders of this city should be ashamed to have it looking like this.

Some services are very lackluster – plowing in the winter, leaf pickup, street sweeping, etc. I was just saying how my area of town is on the schedule for Tuesday street sweeping and I have not seen the street sweeper around at all yet since they started. They used to come by all the time. I have a corner I live on andstuff has been on the street from tree droppings now for two months. I finally took a push broom out and swept a good part of the streets that are up by my property and cleaned it all up myself. Looks better than if the street sweeper would do it!

I am with you about the pot holes.These are awful.Maybe we could make up a list and drop it off to Circlr K on the east side because it seems that is where most of the street workers are for at least a half hour a day.

Sad part is, if they took an extra 20 minutes at the parks they could cut all the grass !! They are using zero turn mowers for goodness sakes. Are we that strapped for time and man power that they have to mow the grass in sections? Bullsh*t ! Just plain lazy and no on the job accountability which is the fault of poor leadership and supervision. LETS START DOING THE JOB RIGHT AND HAVE THE WORKERS GO HOME A LITTLE TIRED AT THE END OF THE DAY. It’s is called earning your pay!

Okay let’s keep it really real, “Mrs.Keep’in it real”, change is good and was needed. The negativity went on for way too long and it is about time the district stood up to the biggest bully ever. Out with the old, in with the new….Go Panthers.

As a Vietnam Veteran I was disapointed not to see an honor guard at the beginning of the parade or in any part of the parade, like there normally is. Thank you to CC supply for having American flags on their vehicles but I’ve lived in Barberton for many years and I’ve never been so disappointed in the city and their lack of respect for the men and women who fight for our freedom.

Unfortunately, like everything thing else around here the parade and it’s quality is dying. Your mayor, police and fire dept’s should be more involved when it comes to local honor guards. What a shame. THANK YOU AND ALL VETS FOR YOUR SERVICE AS THE HOLIDAY APPROACHES. Everyone have a safe holiday

JR smith will be raining 3’s while the karnaval is if full force. Going to be nice weather for parade on Saturday. Don’t forget to take your umbrella to block out all the sun and heat! SPD is Grand Marshall in a rain suit. Don’t forget your rubbers for your feet.

Celtics???? Not this year parade marshal. You a little mixed up DICK Goddard! See you under a shade tree on 3rd street. Your gonna need it. LBJ- the best ever NBA player in history! Don’t hate AJ Colby.

On 5-11-17 at approximately 3:30 pm, while driving on W. Hopocan Ave., I observed the Barberton SWAT tank and team members ascend on a W. Hopocan address. The officers surrounded the house with rifles and shields. I thought, “This must be a training exercise,” due to vehicle and pedestrian traffic was not stopped. In the future, could the extra step be taken to keep civilians out of potential crossfire by blocking off traffic? I immediately thought about the mayor’s State of the City Address on opiate activity in Barberton (we can’t just arrest our way out of this). After witnessing today’s event, I know that the City does have the means to arrest their way out. After living with 2 drug houses in my neighborhood for 5 years, the City of Barberton’s major blight of not arresting our way out of this is clearly not working. It’s obvious we have law enforcement potential, training and equipment to combat to combat the opiate frenzy in the 44203 district. If you lived in my neighborhood, you would appreciate real solutions that work to drive this activity out of our city. At present, we can’t walk out of our home without fearing bad situations. Our only hope is law and order restoration!

Thanks and glad to hear you have good results. Pays to go straight to the top. Since we did that a couple years ago, our neighborhood has been clean. We have gotten a lot of compliments and even some new neighbors along the way. Things are looking up. Now if we can get others to do the same, then maybe we can clean up more areas of town. Word will soon spread that they are not wanted around here.

Not going to rain! Everyone says this every year since 1956. But it never does rain during this event. Elephant Ears for everyone! And the not so fun house. Big fights in MickDonalds parking lot with all Kenmore tuff guys and gals. Tattoos, big belly nasty’s and thugs.

It did last year and the year before, and a lot of other years too. Always during the parade. I know for a fact because I bet with someone on it and won the last two years. Plus it is a weekend in Ohio so you have to expect it. So, expect RAIN!

Go get u one of those Cherry Blossom Festival pancho’s! It comes with a free Pancake ticket. You know they moved this event a week later about 15 yrs ago thinking they would miss the rain. So far it has worked. Son E and 80 for this years festival. I will be stuck carrying the big shovel behind the horses again in the finest parade in Summit County.

FUNNY EVERYONE GOES AND SAYS NEGATIVE THINGS ABOUT NORTON COACHES BUT I LEARNED LAST YEAR MY SONS FRIEND YOUTH FOOTBALL COACH WAS IN JAIL FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER. YES NOT SURE IF HE WAS CHARGED OR HOW MANY YEARS AGO. BUT THOUGHT THEY DO BACK GROUND CHECKS ON THESE PEOPLE. I SEEN HIM AT THE GAME BEING OF THE YEAR. HE DID NOTHING BUT YELL,I THOUGHT HE WAS MEAN TO THOSE KIDS. HOW DO WE KEEP OUR KIDS STAFF WHEN BARBERTON CAN’T KEEP CRIMINALS AWAY FROM COACHING. ALSO DID YOUTH WRESTLING COACHING. WOW, HOW SAFE. GET IT TOGETHER BARBERTON. STEP IT UP TO PROTECT OUR KIDS

This person needs to get the facts straight. The above charges are all false. What’s even better is where the accusations are coming from. Even as this is printed this person is on probation, was evicted, took this coaches car keys, old cell phone and used it to get phone numbers, change the bank account password and money was missing from the coaches 8 year old son. What is even better is this person helped the coach with the team last year and attended all the wrestling matches with him this year. Seems to be a double standard here. Look whose calling the kettle black!

I know for a fact that background checks are done every year on the coaches. You are a poor representation of Barberton with your bad grammar and spelling. Maybe you need to go back to school and get your facts straight before talking bad about the coaches.

When did municipalities start putting tax levies on the ballot to fund the purchase of equipment such as police cars, ambulances, etc? That’s not part of a yearly budget? Good read in ABJ regarding the surrounding area and tax levies on tuesday’s ballot. So this is the new trend for tax money grabs? How long until Mr. Judge wants more tax dollars to help fund his state of the city address and his proposed “follies” ?? Get ready, more of your hard earned dough will be drained away. How long until the new school super will be wanting more of your money to fatten the already fat wages and benefit packages? Hey local government [s], the blue collar coffers are dry ! We have to stop funding bad decisions and poor budget prep.

Everyone is focused on Norton’s (out-going) superintendents personal attack on the basketball coach which has lead to the resignation of the entire boys basketball staff, 7th, 8th, 9th, JV and assistant varsity.

Now rumor has it that the athletic director, whom was hired by the superintendent and school board members less than a year ago, has been under investigation by the OHSAA for his involvement with a student/coach affair at his previous district in Canton. AND YOU HIRED HIM KNOWING THIS! The AD will also be forced to resign at the conclusion of this school year.

WAY TO GO NORTON! Once again, you are the laughing stock of every single surrounding district! You have a coach who is a long time resident of Norton and who has done NOTHING to justify losing his basketball coaching position. Now along with the entire boys basketball program, you will yet again be hiring another AD. I fear there will be other great coaches that Norton will be losing in the near future due to the negligence, wrongdoing, and unfair treatment of an incompetent school board and administrators who are nothing less than puppets!

Fairly mild winter and the streets in barberton are still a disaster. Tax increase to fix the streets and pot holes the size of lake Anna on every street. Glenn and newton intersection multiple pot holes and I see city trucks daily in this area.

a guy in a small reddish pickup truck ran over and killed a cat today at yale and Norton. he didn’t hit his brakes or we would’ve heard it. I was outside. so KARMA will get you because the cat was black. you are a sorry human being. you could’ve at least stopped to check on it.

Now go and make a post calling out the cat’s owner for letting their animal run loose. That is the real reason why the cat is dead. I like all animals but way too many negligent pet owners in this town. Lets start enforcing the leash laws and the required muzzles for pit bull and pit mixes while we are at it.

You do realize this is not 1978, correct ? Norton’s leadership group is a reality show just waiting to happen but it is a clean and safe community. If they had any kind of leadership, they could be the next Wadsworth. Now there is a model community that your purple folks should be trying to emulate and or use as an economic / tax base blue print.

Collier road impound has recieved over 100 cars this month from the norton police including those of licensed and insured drivers they claim were recklessly driving or stopped due to suspicious behavior. Do norton businesses know their barberton neighbors cant patronize their stores because they never make it past cleveland massilon road. Shame on norton law for breaking the law. Norton, goodbye from a barberton customer. Cheesebarn or not, you are isolated by your own greedy cops.

Norton is fairly aggressive on non-residents. You will notice that even though Norton boarders Barberton, they have little to no crime or drug issues. You cannot have it both ways these days folks. I would gladly take some aggressive street patrolling here in the Tragic City. In order for a vehicle to be impounded there has to be a violation of certain laws. Booze, drugs, no insurance, driving recklessly, etc all reasons for impound. Number of traffic stops may be high in Norton but they send a loud and clear message to the trashy element to stay out. Back in the day your drove around Norton just to avoid a speeding ticket, now they are making your streets safe in a drug riddled county. From a jealous Barberton resident.

Norton has already duped Bill Judge into taking over their sewage issues. That proves how smart they are and how clueless the purple side is. The sharing of emergency services is just a ploy to make you think that it will save more lives and money, all window dressing. The only benefit that could have ever come from a merger would be saving taxpayers real dollars when it comes to the school districts. That would have made perfect sense but will never happen. Maybe when Norton streets are completely shot, we can take over their street problems too?

Try Country Hilltop Market, Rittman, OH instead! The cheese is not only FRESH but the meats are as well! What is even better is the FACT that the prices are far better, some even half the price per pound!

Hmmm.. I live in Barberton and shop there all the time. I have no issues getting there. Maybe people should pay attention to the speed limit signs posted there and put their phones down and put their eyes on the road. Things like this do not happen if you are not breaking the law.

Why has norton impounded over 100 cars in the past 2 months? This week a friend was pulled over for a routine stop, insured and liscensed- the driver was sited for reckless driving according to the same officer that the impound lot claimed had sent 30 cars that day. I was disgusted to learn from the owner that the impound owner had NO idea why, so he had much to gain, but didnt have a clue why norton was sending car after car his way. Is this how norton is paying for those new schools? Do their residents know their law enforcement is harrassing anyone who passes through their jurisdiction? Norton business owners- how will you make money if no one is making it past the barberton line? Wake up norton, your law is breaking the law.

When did Barberton start charging $5 more local tax on each license plate sticker at the BMV ? So you have a tax hike on stickers and a previous income tax hike while we still have roads in dire need of repair? NO EXCUSES, we should have the cadillac of street surfaces in Summit County. Service director needs to pick it up down there!

Huh ?? How about a little less posing on billboards and a little more ole school police street patrolling? Have you heard about the drug house with 18 service calls and an over dose death? They should have been patrolling and making life miserable for anyone coming and going from that house after 3-4 calls. Maybe the police chief could team up with city ward council reps, get out into the neighborhoods to promote neighborhood watch groups? Anonymous tip lines? Druggies and criminals are a lot a like. They tend to not set up shop where they could get caught. Biggest problem facing this town is that leaders and residents alike only care about a problem if it is next door to their home. This is all about civic pride and I believe your leaders are NOT doing enough to promote this much needed tool in the local war on drugs & crime. Time to roll up the shirt sleeves and go to work, leadership needs to get this ball rolling!

I agree and it also helps with a little neighborhood teaming up too. Run them out on your own and make life miserable for them if the police do not step up. It worked for us in our neighborhood. Our area is cleaned up and we did the majority of the work ourselves.

Imagine if you lived in a suspect neighborhood and then on nice sunny spring afternoon the police chief, mayor and council rep GOT OFF THEIR B*TTS and promoted a good ole fashioned neighborhood hamburg and hot dog get together to help fight drugs and crime? SO SIMPLE, but yet lacking within local leadership 🙁 Such a disrespect to the hard blue collar worker’s who built this once proud city !

In response to Sue: How about getting the horse to do anything at all! Has anyone seen the trash dump drug house on 17th St. n.w.? It was slated for a tear down and the city swung a deal as drug dealers/users reside there. Less than a year ago the Summit County Coroners hauled a dead body out as the Police and E.M.S.are there almost daily, in fact three times this week alone. It is a criminal and druggie flop house. The city can’t enforce the housing code violations as the mortgage company is out of state and does not respond to any court summons. The city has proved itself impotent on this neighborhood atrocity. Let’s face it the city is overran with drug mopes and crimes associated with it as Police are not able to effectively deal with it. According to the outrageous Summit County zip code statistics on this matter,
So, all the hype over providing clean needles or free plastic bags for prescription medication disposal is as unrealistic solution as you could ever imagine.Wake Up! Just clean up this mess and quit talking about it Keep the drugs outside Barberton and enforce the law. You act like your afraid of these losers..

I feel your pain literally. Back in the day the cops would say “if we come back here again someone is going to jail” But how do we step up when they outnumber us greatly in this neighborhood. Tired of shut up and pay your taxes, change has to come.

One phone call to Summit County Task Force will do more than dealing with our local police department. Tell them what you have going on and give details. Trust me, it worked on one around here. Cops kept showing up, nothing got done, Task Force staked it out, and they were GONE in a month.

We have gotten many comments lately from people who have lived around here many years and they have really noticed that the old neighborhood has finally gotten back to how it used to be in the good old days. You need to stick together as neighbors and run the trash out! We made our neighborhood a great place to live!

For the past 3 winter’s we snowbird,and have piece of mind knowing the police are checking our property routinely.Thanks to all.However our mail is a diaster.We fill out the paperwork for a temporary address and it’s just a crap shoot we’re it will end up.I come from a big family of letter carriers and believe this totally unacceptable.Extremely disgusted.

Turning on your postal service “brothers and sisters”, for shame ! FYI…. current postal jobs are not the gravy train from years past. You get what you pay for. I have seen mail carriers that look like they just walked out of the ymca.

YMCA???? What are you saying? Ever since Logsdon retired the mail service in this town is awful. I remember the feMALE carrier on east side that used to mace every dog and cat she seen. Mace in one hand and cigarette in the other.

Come on SPD, Mary Ann and her fat cat pension relatives did no wrong and worked 52 weeks a year when pushing your envelopes and boxes = * insert eye roll here * I remember when the Postal workers started a slow-down strike for a pay raise. They had to call it off — nobody noticed.

Great victory for the poverty stricken and lower middle class when Trump Care was dropped dead by his own Republican minions. The real issue with health care cost is due to Republican backed medical and pharmaceutical companies being allowed to monopolize costs. When you can go outside of the U.S. and get the same drugs for 1/10 of the cost here , you have a monopoly. Don’t blame Obama and the ACHA for your rising costs, blame the Republican greed and reluctance of employers to provide solid and affordable health care for it’s workers. Ask yourself, could your employer contribute more to your health care cost? Now your employer drives a Jaguar, has 2-3 homes and a 7 figure bank account while you pay $1500/mo for medical. Remember not so long ago when most any middle class job had NO healthcare cost? What’s changed? = greed / monopolies.

From ABJ March 7 : An effort by Barberton, Norton and Copley Township to create a watershed district that would raise funds to fix mutual flooding problems has hit a snag that surprised local officials. As it turns out, a big chunk of Barberton and a handful of homes in Norton already belong to another district that collects an annual tax to help with conservation projects. No one in the three communities were aware that the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District reaches into southern Summit County. Barberton Mayor Bill Judge and Service Director Mike Vinay said when the three cities started discussing how to work together to find a solution, they had no idea that Muskingum encompassed much of the east side of Barberton. NOT KNOWING YOUR OWN WATERSHED DISTRICT AFTER YEARS OF WORKING ON FLOODING ISSUES….. PRICELESS !

Kinda Smells in Norton?
Kinda funny that the mayor in Norton lives in Nash Hts but isn’t getting sewer? also council president can put assessments on peoples tax bill but, she can’t seem to pay her taxes??? Isn’t that kinda strange?

If I was a Norton Panther, I would be concerned with the current and future waste of dollars up at the high school. Your school district will now seek levy after levy for the next 8-10 yrs. Your town leadership group is a mess. The most astute person in Norton with some gumption is David Houpt. As a community, you need to seek this person out and get him into local politics. Barberton leadership is not much better by any means. We have too many paycheck casher’s and blind eye politico’s here. My goodness, we have a B-Ton drug house that needed 18 calls and an over dose death before even a misdemeanor charge was filed. At least both groups are consistent, hey ?

Did anyone catch the news channel 5 story on Feb 22 about Barberton and the “drug house”?? Police records showed at least 18 calls for service over the last two years at 102 N**wood St. for possible overdoses, including people found not breathing and vomiting. Quoting from channel 5: Mayor William Judge said, despite the long list of possible overdoses at 102 N**wood St., a court case proving someone supplied the drugs at that address would be hard to prove.“An OD does not constitute that drugs are being sold there,” Mayor Judge said. “We’ve monitored that house,” adding, “What you know and what you can prove in a court of law are two different things.” IMOP…HOW SERIOUSLY ARE YOUR LOCAL LEADERS TAKING THE DRUG PROBLEM?? SADDENING!

Best thing to do is have Summit County Task Force look into it. All it takes is one phone call. Trust me, this is a MUCH better option. I know for a fact when I used them 2 years ago to run out some suspicious activity near my neighborhood.

I’m sure Barberton PD is already a Task Force member which means the County already know about the problem at that residence. My question is whether or not the City of Barberton has a nuisance ordinance where they can fine the homeowner for all the times police are called there?

According to Barberton Police Department Lt. Christopher White, the nuisance ordinance states that after three disturbance calls, the location is declared a nuisance and the owner receives a warning letter. If police respond a fourth or fifth time, they could be billed $100 for each occurrence. Any more than that and they could be billed $200.

He said as far as domestic disturbances and violence calls, they are not included in determining the property a nuisance and they do not get billed.

Article in the ABJ today is quoted as saying that “Barberton is looking to brand its downtown business district”. Then Jim Stonkus, president and CEO of the community foundation says: “About 300,000 people go down the Barberton stretch of the Towpath,” he said. “There’s so much opportunity here and you hear that from people starting to rediscover the city.” IMO…. SERIOUSLY?? Who or what is generating this 300,000 figure? I could see 300,000 customers going thru the McDonalds in one year, but patronizing the towpath/downtown area? Someone downtown must really have some pull at the ABJ. We need jobs and a game plan to bring retail to this town. Call Wadsworth and ask them for their jobs/retail recipe that stretches from downtown to Rt 94 past the highway over pass.

I just wanted to say how thankful I am for the strong support the arts at Barberton Middle School gets from the parents, students, building staff, and administration. It really showed at the Art Show & Reception we had this past Thursday night at the Akron Museum of Art. With everyone’s support we packed the museum, and their staff was amazed at the turnout! I would also like to give a special thanks to Michelle from the Herald for covering the event. I am very proud of my students and the work they put into their artwork.

In the Army Medical Corps Medivac Training, one of the first things they taught us was the rotor blades are amazingly flexible and in windy conditions can go from two feet over your head to well below your hairline. In gusting high winds, crawling on hands and knees was acceptable behavior. They taught us the helicopter math equation: One rotating blade plus one body part = one rotating blade.

my husband was driving past PPG on Hudson Run last night 12:30am ish and there were Horrible fumes coming from there, that made his eyes water, nose burn…even came through the windows…anyone else notice this?

Per the column: Marching for my rights and equality, I would like to see the writer of this article go with Madonna, and her filthy mouth friend Ashley Judd along with the woman who marched in D.C. to Saudi Arabia to really march for women’s rights. Go tell them how you FEEL oppressed, please use your voice to help women in other parts of the world who are denied basic rights. Apparently, it’s more liberating to parade around semi nude and yell obscenities (what kind of woman would walk around with a vagina costume with child around) than actually support women in other countries who have NO rights, and who are considered lower than dogs. I am disgusted with the woman who march in D.C. after the inauguration.
We are so blessed to live here. Yes we can always to better, but do not forget how fortunate we are. I am so proud to have President Trump to lead us to a brighter future. He wants us ALL to be happy and be able to stand tall to support our family’s no matter who you are. I can’t believe woman wanted Hillary as our president, she accepted money from the Arabs, they don’t believe in women’s rights (this is only one example). We need to work on U.S. issues first and get strong and take care of our own so someday we can be able to help others. Please wake up and support our President, we need to unite together. God Bless

What a shocker, a Trump supporter waving a finger at citizens exercising their constitutional rights. For shame! Not a female here, but to the best of my knowledge the “women’s rights” march was organized and set up prior to the election. The reason you witnessed a new piece of American history on inauguration day is because there is world wide concern over Trump’s election. You had women’s rights activists merge with the “not my president” population and this created a once in a lifetime event. The rest of your rant is just plain babble!

You think Hillary Clinton made deals in the middle east and Trump has not? Lets keep it simple here, lets start with Trump releasing his tax returns. Then let’s ** add ** the middle east countries Trump has done verified business in onto the travel ban list. I LIKE THE TRAVEL BAN, but it has been set up with extreme bias. Trump hangs up the phone on another world leader, one of our better allies. I could list much more hypocrisy and what is sad about that, we are less than 30 days into this regime. I will not condemn our leader and I am in favor of some of his idea’s, but the way this regime has conducted it’s leadership so far should be concerning. It is not about what “ideals” are best, it should be about how those ideals are presented and implemented.

I know “real facts” are hard to digest for those who believe in “alternative facts”. I hope Trump does well, but I have chosen to wear “neutral” glasses when looking at the facts.
No Dem or Rep bias. Heck, I voted for Kasich his first term and I am registered Dem.